Snuff box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Gold and turquoise
Measurements
18 x 57 x 83 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1542383
Summary
A French gold oblong snuff-box, Mark of Augustin-André Heguin, Paris, circa 1810, the cover inset with a Roman micro-mosaic of figures in a landscape within an engine-turned panel set at the angles with turquoise quatrefoils, the borders chased and engraved with scrolls and foliage, with similar engine-turned sides and base.
Provenance
On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Credit line
Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry