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A ROYAL GIFT: A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
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A ROYAL GIFT: A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1800

已結束2009年1月22日

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A ROYAL GIFT: A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1800
A circular green porphyry box, the independent lid set with a micromosaic tondo depicting the ruins of the Temple of Vesta in Rome, reeded gilt-metal mounts
3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) diameter

A gift to Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St. Helens (1753-1839), from Queen Charlotte (1744-1818).

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The interior of this box contains an associated parchment note inscribed with the words 'To Lord St Helens with the Queens Compliment.' After his retirement from diplomacy in 1802 Lord St. Helens became a Lord of the Bedchamber to King George III. At Court he was a close friend and advisor to the Queen, King, Prince Regent, and Princess Elizabeth.