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UNMARKED, PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1780
Details
A silver snuff box
UNMARKED, PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1780
Of plain waisted circular form, the cover set with a micromosaic plaque depicting a ruin similar to the Temple of Vesta, figures in the foreground, the base set with a micromosaic plaque depicting a parrot in a dove-drawn cart on a blue ground within a millefiore border -- 3ins. (7.5cms.)
UNMARKED, PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1780
Of plain waisted circular form, the cover set with a micromosaic plaque depicting a ruin similar to the Temple of Vesta, figures in the foreground, the base set with a micromosaic plaque depicting a parrot in a dove-drawn cart on a blue ground within a millefiore border -- 3ins. (7.5cms.)
Literature
See Delieb, Plate 179
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.