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A GERMAN VARI-COLORED GOLD AND MICRO-MOSAIC SNUFFBOX
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A GERMAN VARI-COLORED GOLD AND MICRO-MOSAIC SNUFFBOX

THE BOX MARK OF CHARLES COLINS SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1830; THE MOSAIC SIGNED DM, PROBABLY FOR DOMENICO MOGLIA, ROME, CIRCA 1830

Closed21 May 2013

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A GERMAN VARI-COLORED GOLD AND MICRO-MOSAIC SNUFFBOX
THE BOX MARK OF CHARLES COLINS SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1830; THE MOSAIC SIGNED DM, PROBABLY FOR DOMENICO MOGLIA, ROME, CIRCA 1830
The base, sides and cover with four-color gold borders, the base with a finely-chased flowerbasket, the cover with a fine micro-mosaic of a dog and cat, the box marked inside cover and base; the mosaic signed D.M. in lower right corner
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long; 217 gr. gross weight

Specialist note

The source for this scene is attributable to Wenceslaus Peter (1742-1829), a popular animal painter who worked in Rome. Two snuffboxes with mosaics based on the same source at the Victoria & Albert Museum are illustrated in Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection, 2000, figs. 18 and 111.