Snuffbox with a Micromosaic Depicting a Dog and Cat
Snuffbox with a Micromosaic Depicting a Dog and Cat
Switzerland, Geneva; Italy, Rome (micromosaic)
1807–1819; c. 1805 (micromosaic)
Aguatti, Antonio (micromosaic), Rémond, Jean-George, Jean George Rémond & Cie/Rémond, Lamy, Mercier & Cie
Gold, enamel, micromosaic
2.2 × 9.9 × 5.6 cm
Marks: maker’s mark, PC3 unofficial 18ct standard mark; micromosaic, signed: Aguatti
Antonio Aguatti, whose studio was located at 96 Piazza di Spagna, came from a dynasty of mosaicists. He is credited with increasing the range of shapes of the tesserae and with developing tesserae of fused colours, both of which may be noted in the present work. These innovations increased the painterly effect of the plaques. From 1834 until 1846, the year of his death, Aguatti was professor of mosaics at the Vatican Mosaic Workshop.
3527MC562/ДПИ