Plineys Doves porphyry and micro mosaic snuff box
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Plineys Doves porphyry and micro mosaic snuff box
DESCRIPTION
A rare perhaps Swedish gold mounted porphyry snuff box or rounded rectangular form the top with a gold mounted micro mosaic panel of plineys doves c1810 probable the work of Raffaelli, Giacomo The doves appear frequently as the subject of micro mosaics. The image comes from a Roman floor mosaic discovered in 1737 at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, which in turn is believed to be a copy of a lost ancient Greek mosaic at Pergamon. These boxes are usually Italian this one possible a special commissionPRICE RANGE
£5,000 - £10,000COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
ItalyCIRCA
1810DIMENSIONS
Length: 8.5cmWidth: 5cm
Weight:
CONDITION
GoodITEM No
8895Categories: Micro Mosaic Boxes, Snuff Boxes
