AN ITALIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX, BY LUIGI MASCELLI (FL. 1804-1825), MARKED, WITH THE ROME TOWN MARK, CIRCA 1810, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1815
rectangular silver-mounted grey porphry box with canted corners, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting the tomb of Cecilia Metella
3.5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
AN ITALIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX, BY LUIGI MASCELLI (FL. 1804-1825), MARKED, WITH THE ROME TOWN MARK, CIRCA 1810, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1815
rectangular silver-mounted grey porphry box with canted corners, the cover set with an oval micromosaic plaque depicting the tomb of Cecilia Metella
3.5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
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