A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD VINAIGRETTE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
BY NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS DEMOGET (FL. 1804-1822), MARKED, PARIS, STRUCK WITH THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1810
oval box with openwork hinged grille, the sides and base set with panels of engine-turning within chased vari-colour gold foliate borders, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting a brown and white spaniel lying on a grassy bank under a pale blue sky with a city and mountains beyond, in a chased gold leaf frame
1¼ in. (32 mm.) wide
A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD VINAIGRETTE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
BY NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS DEMOGET (FL. 1804-1822), MARKED, PARIS, STRUCK WITH THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD AND THE PARISIAN STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1810
oval box with openwork hinged grille, the sides and base set with panels of engine-turning within chased vari-colour gold foliate borders, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting a brown and white spaniel lying on a grassy bank under a pale blue sky with a city and mountains beyond, in a chased gold leaf frame
1¼ in. (32 mm.) wide
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