A FINE VICTORIAN GOLD-MOUNTED WOOD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC
BY CHARLES RAWLINGS AND WILLIAM SUMMERS (FL. 1826-1850), MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1974, THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK FOR 1826-1896, THE LONDON DATE LETTER 1840/1841 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1840-1890, THE MICROMOSAIC BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), SIGNED, ROME, CIRCA 1810
A FINE VICTORIAN GOLD-MOUNTED WOOD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC BY CHARLES RAWLINGS AND WILLIAM SUMMERS (FL. 1826-1850), MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1974, THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK FOR 1826-1896, THE LONDON DATE LETTER 1840/1841 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1840-1890, THE MICROMOSAIC BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), SIGNED, ROME, CIRCA 1810 rectangular gold-mounted wood box with rounded corners, the hinged cover set with a rectangular micromosaic plaque depicting a seated cat with her kitten playing with a brightly coloured ball, watched by a spaniel lying before an open fire, with a wooded landscape beyond, plain polished gold mounts with reeded pilaster corners, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece, the interior cover engraved with an inscription 2¾ in. (68 mm.) wide The inscription reads ' Fgh to CB. '
A FINE VICTORIAN GOLD-MOUNTED WOOD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC
BY CHARLES RAWLINGS AND WILLIAM SUMMERS (FL. 1826-1850), MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1974, THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK FOR 1826-1896, THE LONDON DATE LETTER 1840/1841 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1840-1890, THE MICROMOSAIC BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), SIGNED, ROME, CIRCA 1810
A FINE VICTORIAN GOLD-MOUNTED WOOD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC BY CHARLES RAWLINGS AND WILLIAM SUMMERS (FL. 1826-1850), MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1974, THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK FOR 1826-1896, THE LONDON DATE LETTER 1840/1841 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1840-1890, THE MICROMOSAIC BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI (1783-1857), SIGNED, ROME, CIRCA 1810 rectangular gold-mounted wood box with rounded corners, the hinged cover set with a rectangular micromosaic plaque depicting a seated cat with her kitten playing with a brightly coloured ball, watched by a spaniel lying before an open fire, with a wooded landscape beyond, plain polished gold mounts with reeded pilaster corners, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece, the interior cover engraved with an inscription 2¾ in. (68 mm.) wide The inscription reads ' Fgh to CB. '
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