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Lot 73
  • 73

A Continental Gold Circular Powder Box with Micromoasic Panel, 19th century

Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • box unmarked except for French controls
  • Gold, Micromosaic
  • diameter 2 3/4 in.
  • 7cm
the box concentrically reeded, with slip-on cover fitted with a micromosaic of a dove perched on a branch with a red ribbon in its beak against a blue ground, circa 1800

Condition

good condition, micromosaic circa 1800
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