An Italian hardstone circular box with micromosaic of a goldfinch, circa 1800

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Sold

12,500 USD

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Description

hardstone
diameter 2 7/8 in.
7 cm

the goldfinch perched on a tree stump sprouting berried twigs within a border of red beads, the mottled grey and black stone box with gilt metal mounts

Catalogue Note

A similar mosaic attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli, Rome, circa 1790 is mounted in a silver box, Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics, Private Collections, no. 125, p. 164.