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AN ITALIAN IVORY BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH A MICRO-MOSAIC
PROBABLY ROME OR NAPLES, CIRCA 1800
Circular ivory box, the lining and rims of tortoiseshell, the cover inset with a gilt-metal mounted circular micro-mosaic plaque depicting a nocturnal eruption of Vesuvius observed by fishermen
79mm. (3 1/8in.) diam., damaged
PROBABLY ROME OR NAPLES, CIRCA 1800
Circular ivory box, the lining and rims of tortoiseshell, the cover inset with a gilt-metal mounted circular micro-mosaic plaque depicting a nocturnal eruption of Vesuvius observed by fishermen
79mm. (3 1/8in.) diam., damaged