An Italian gilt brass casket, second half 19th century

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An Italian gilt brass casket, second half 19th century
Of rectangular form with angled cover, the panels engraved with strapwork and entwined foliage, inset with nine micro-mosaics of figures, the interior velvet lined, lacking base
6in. (15.8cm.) high, 12in. (30.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Domenico Petochi, Massimo Alfieri and Maria Grazia Branchetti I MOSAICI MINUTI ROMANI DEI SECOLI XVIII E XIX, Rome 1981. Examples of similar micro mosaics with conforming figures are illustrated pages 244-246.

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