A rare Italian gilt-bronze and lavastone mounted nécessaire de voyage, Neapolitan late 18th/early 19th century of rectangular form, the hinged top opening to reveal a coffee service carved from black marble, with four cups and saucers and a neo-classical gadrooned tazza and cover, the exterior mounted with fifty-four lavastone panels depicting figures in a variety of scenes including the eruption of Vesuvius and scenes from Neapolitan daily life, within a gilt-bronze framework with lavastone grotesque masks at the intersections 20cm. high, 31cm. wide, 21cm. deep; 7¾ in., 12¼ in., 8¼ in.
A rare Italian gilt-bronze and lavastone mounted nécessaire de voyage, Neapolitan late 18th/early 19th century of rectangular form, the hinged top opening to reveal a coffee service carved from black marble, with four cups and saucers and a neo-classical gadrooned tazza and cover, the exterior mounted with fifty-four lavastone panels depicting figures in a variety of scenes including the eruption of Vesuvius and scenes from Neapolitan daily life, within a gilt-bronze framework with lavastone grotesque masks at the intersections 20cm. high, 31cm. wide, 21cm. deep; 7¾ in., 12¼ in., 8¼ in.
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