PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1820/1830
Details
A CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
probably Italian, circa 1820/1830
Octagonal moss-agate box, the outsides of cover, sides and base applied with malachite, the gold mounts stamped with a foliate wavescroll band on a matted ground, slightly raised gold thumbpiece shaped as a shell on foliage
36 in. (87 mm.) wide
probably Italian, circa 1820/1830
Octagonal moss-agate box, the outsides of cover, sides and base applied with malachite, the gold mounts stamped with a foliate wavescroll band on a matted ground, slightly raised gold thumbpiece shaped as a shell on foliage
36 in. (87 mm.) wide
Provenance
S. Bulgari Collection, Rome.