AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICRO-MOSAIC probably Rome, circa 1820, struck with a later Dutch tax mark for foreign works Circular purple polished porphyry box with gold mounts, the lid inset with a gold-mounted micro-mosaic plaque depicting Pliny's Doves, the base with a gold-mounted micro-mosaic of a urn on a platform against a grey ground, within a circle of white squares alternating with sky-blues ones within a border of white and green chevrons, the sides walls inset with dark green micro-mosaic bands, the narrow one with sky blue waves, the broad one on the base with a gold-edged colourful bonbon-shaped baluster pattern, gold-lined sides 26 in. (58 mm.) diam.
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICRO-MOSAIC probably Rome, circa 1820, struck with a later Dutch tax mark for foreign works Circular purple polished porphyry box with gold mounts, the lid inset with a gold-mounted micro-mosaic plaque depicting Pliny's Doves, the base with a gold-mounted micro-mosaic of a urn on a platform against a grey ground, within a circle of white squares alternating with sky-blues ones within a border of white and green chevrons, the sides walls inset with dark green micro-mosaic bands, the narrow one with sky blue waves, the broad one on the base with a gold-edged colourful bonbon-shaped baluster pattern, gold-lined sides 26 in. (58 mm.) diam.
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