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An ormolu mounted malachite coffer, circa 1830-1840
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- length: 28.5cm., 11¼in; height: 11cm., 4¼in; depth: 19.5cm., 7¾in
rectangular, supported on scrolling paw feet, the interior lined in deep red velvet
Catalogue Note
A closely related casket is illustrated in Wenzel Hagelstam, Suuri Antiikkikirja, Porvoo, Helsinki, 1991, p. 115. Another almost identical casket is illustrated in Malachite dans la collection de l'Ermitage, Editions du Musée de l'Ermitage, Leningrad, 1963, fig. 6.