Untitled
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Gold and serpentine with micro mosaic
Measurements
82.5 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1542434
Summary
A gold-mounted serpentine rectangular snuff-box, unmarked, probably Italian, circa 1800, the cover inset with a fine Roman micro-mosaic of a fort beside a bridge over a river, with figures in a landscape, with engraved foliage band and similar outer border.
Provenance
On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Credit line
Estate of the Marquess Londonderry