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A CONTINENTAL GOLD, SILVER-GILT, BAROQUE PEARL AND GEMSET GROUP OF TWO MUSICIANS AND A DOG, the figures of a man playing the bagpipes, another playing a viola and a dog each formed of gold and baroque pearls set with diamonds, the two musicians with silver hair and bearing traces of enamel, the violin player with a gemset flask, the silver gilt base engraved with a castle in a river landscape, signed Benvenuto ?Bentini on the reverse, the sides applied with alternating cameos and emeralds between ruby and diamond bracket settings, 17th Century with later additions and alterations, in glass case
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high