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 Italian rectangular gold box by Giovanni Bellezza, Milan c.1840, the cover featuring a central medallion decorated in high relief with a Medieval figural scene depicting a man and woman seated and surrounded by advisors,
Louis XVI oval enamel and gold box with portrait miniature by Alexis Proffit, Paris 1786, the miniature of the duc de Penthievre by Nicholas Halle (French fl. 1782-1795),
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,