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˜AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND PIQUE WORK

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˜AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND PIQUE WORK
˜AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND PIQUE WORK
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˜AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND PIQUE WORK SNUFF BOX AND COVER NAPLES CIRCA 1770 circular with zigzag patterned rim mounts the cover inlaid with a view from Naples looking east over shipping towards a smoking Vesuvius and the Sorrentine peninsula the Castel Nuovo to the right the mole lighthouse to the left under a smiling sun the sides with vignettes of the bay from the sea and nearby islands amidst a variety of insects the underside with further islands insects and birds 7.5cm diameter Literature: illustrated and referenced in Howard Ricketts’ ‘Objects of Vertu’ London 1971 p.62
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˜AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND PIQUE WORK

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