Snuffbox with a miniature of Vergilia and Volumnia before Coriolanus
Snuffbox with a miniature of Vergilia and Volumnia before Coriolanus
Germany, Berlin
circa 1800
Gold, pearls; chasing, grisaille, enamel over guilloche
2.25 х 8.3 cm, 145 gr
Master's mark: top and bottom lids' interior side with "R" topped with crown
Gold circular gold and enamelled snuffbox with large central vertical raised oval plaque depicting a historical scene en grisaille with Vergilia and Volumnia before Coriolanus as a Roman soldier in front of a Neoclassic ruin on a translucent blue enamel ground over sunburst engine-turning within a fine border of gold and white paillon decorations and framed by seed pearls, the sides and bottom with identical decorations.
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