AN ITALIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE
AN ITALIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE

BY DOMENICO PIAZZOLI (FL. 1804-1827), ROME, CIRCA 1820, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1790

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AN ITALIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIÈRE
BY DOMENICO PIAZZOLI (FL. 1804-1827), ROME, CIRCA 1820, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1790
circular green porphyry box with silver-gilt mounts, the cover set with a micromosaic plaque depicting a sitting hound, on a grassy bank against a dark-blue background, within a polished silver frame
3½ in. (90 mm.) diam.

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There are several examples of micromosaics of seated dogs, and the composition probably originally came from the animal painter Johann Wenceslaus Peter, who worked in Rome during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Often depicted from a real-life model, dogs are symbolic of loyalty.

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