STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE OF A HOUND, MAKER'S INITIALS F.C. PROBABLY FOR FILIPPO COPPHI, VATICAN WORKSHOPS, ROME, CIRCA 1800
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October 21, 04:29 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
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AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE OF A HOUND, MAKER'S INITIALS F.C. PROBABLY FOR FILIPPO COPPHI, VATICAN WORKSHOPS, ROME, CIRCA 1800
rectangular, depicting a dalmatian lying in a wooded landscape
signed with initials F C lower right
length 2⅜ in.
6 cm
Four members of the Copphi family, all working at the Vatican Mosaic Workshop, are listed in Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Micromosaics, appendix p. 317. Filippo’s dates are given as c. 1740-50-1818.