A pietra dura bonbonniere with silver-gilt mounts, Phipps, Robinson & Phipps, London, 1809
A pietra dura bonbonniere with silver-gilt mounts, Phipps, Robinson & Phipps,
London, 1809
circular, the porphyry-lined malachite lid centred with an agate butterfly with differently coloured wings in orange and striated grey, possibly Florentine or Russian, the underside of pale dusty pink agate, fully hallmarked
7cm., 2⅞in. diameter
Condition Report:
Overall in good condition, bar some natural flaws and hairline cracks to malachite
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A pietra dura bonbonniere with silver-gilt mounts, Phipps, Robinson & Phipps,
London, 1809
circular, the porphyry-lined malachite lid centred with an agate butterfly with differently coloured wings in orange and striated grey, possibly Florentine or Russian, the underside of pale dusty pink agate, fully hallmarked
7cm., 2⅞in. diameter
Condition Report:
Overall in good condition, bar some natural flaws and hairline cracks to malachite
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