- 1155
An Italian hardstone circular box with micromosaic of a goldfinch, circa 1800
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Sold
12,500 USD
bidding is closed
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.