AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC

Description

(EN) Circular box mounted in gold, the independent lid set with a circular micromosaic plaque depicting two fluttering butterflies above a flowering plant with tree trunk in the foreground mounted in a finely worked gold frame. The micromosaic attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli (fl. 1753-1836), Rome, circa 1785-1800.

(IT) Scatola circolare montata in oro, il coperchio indipendente incastonato con una placca circolare in micromosaico raffigurante due farfalle svolazzanti sopra una pianta fiorita con tronco d’albero in primo piano montata in cornice in oro finemente lavorata. Il micromosaico attribuito a Giacomo Raffaelli (att. 1753-1836), Roma, 1785-1800 circa.