Snuffbox with a Micromosaic Depicting a Shepherd
Snuffbox with a Micromosaic Depicting a Shepherd
Italy, France, Paris, Rome (micromosaic)
1809–1819; c. 1810 (micromosaic)
Montauban, Pierre André
Gold, micromosaic
1.5 × 4.0 cm
Marks: maker’s mark, Paris 3e titre (18ct) and grosse garantie, 1809–1819; micromosaic, Rome, circa 1810
Small mosaic roundels like this were also used in jewellery, as seen on a brooch in the Gilbert Collection, that is set with a study of a resting traveller. Many of these bucolic portraits were based on the engravings of Bartolomeo Pinelli
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