A Pulfrey Gold Mounted Micro mosaic snuff box

A rare perhaps Swedish gold mounted porphyry snuff box or rounded rectangular form the top with a gold mounted micro mosaic panel of plineys doves c1810 probable the work of Raffaelli, Giacomo The doves appear frequently as the subject of micro mosaics. The image comes from a Roman floor mosaic discovered in 1737 at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, which in turn is believed to be a copy of a lost ancient Greek mosaic at Pergamon. These boxes are usually Italian this one possible a special commission

Height:
Width:5.2cm
Lenght:8cm
Circa: 1810
Condition: Good
Country: Italy

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Dimensions: 5.2 x 7.9 cm
Condition Report: fGood