VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A JEWELLED HARDSTONE AND GOLD CASKET
CONTINENTAL, PROBABLY ITALIAN
Details
A JEWELLED HARDSTONE AND GOLD CASKET
Continental, probably Italian
Rectangular box, the cover centred by an oval reserve set with a pink rhodocrosite plaque with semi-translucent centre, within a frame studded with Old European-cut and circular-cut diamonds, surrounded by a rectangular lapis-lazuli ground, the cover sliding backwards in order to open the box with hidden hinge, the burnished gold base and sides engraved with geometrical motifs of scrolling foliage, the slightly raised rims engraved with leaves
112 mm. (4 3/8 in.) wide
Continental, probably Italian
Rectangular box, the cover centred by an oval reserve set with a pink rhodocrosite plaque with semi-translucent centre, within a frame studded with Old European-cut and circular-cut diamonds, surrounded by a rectangular lapis-lazuli ground, the cover sliding backwards in order to open the box with hidden hinge, the burnished gold base and sides engraved with geometrical motifs of scrolling foliage, the slightly raised rims engraved with leaves
112 mm. (4 3/8 in.) wide