chased and engraved, the cover with a hunting scene in a cartouche reserve, centred by three dogs attacking another animal, on a radiating ground, similar scenes to the sides and base, each within a scroll, shell and rocaille border Length 8cms / 3 1/8''
Width 6cms / 2 3/8''
Height 4cms / 1 5/8'' Weight: 212g / 6.82oz
19th century chased rectangular gold box mounted with a micromosaic of the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, the box by Jean-Baptiste Fossin, Paris 1819-1838, the mosaic Italian. c.1810,