An early 19th century tortoiseshell and gold mounted circular snuff box, the cover inset with a Roman micro-mosaic of a hen with her six chicks -- 3¼in. diam.

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An early 19th century tortoiseshell and gold mounted circular snuff box, the cover inset with a Roman micro-mosaic of a hen with her six chicks -- 3¼in. diam.
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A similar example is recorded in Domenico Petochi's book I Mosaici Minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Rome 1981, p.185, nos. 29 & 30.

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