Important Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu
Catalogue Information: 187 lots | 186 with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: A PORPHYRY AND MICROMOSAIC SNUFF BOX WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS
A PORPHYRY AND MICROMOSAIC SNUFF BOX WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTSTHE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMANwidth 7.7cm, 3inLuigi Mascelli, Rome, 1804-1825rectangular, the lid inlaid with a micromosaic view of a retriever energetically stalking wild ducks at the edge of [...more]
Lot 2: e - A MINIATURE CARVED CHALCEDONY BULLDOG WITH ENAMELLED GOLD MOUNTS
e - A MINIATURE CARVED CHALCEDONY BULLDOG WITH ENAMELLED GOLD MOUNTSTHE PROPERTY OF A LADYlength 4.5 cm, 1 1/2 inprobably Cartier, the loop later marked KF in cyrillic, early 20th centuryseated, the striations in the stone giving him a patch over one [...more]
Lot 3: A GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
OTHER PROPERTIESwidth 8cm, 3 1/8 inmarks rubbed, German, circa 1780oval, the lid and base of flesh pink quartz freckled with a scattering of darker flecked inclusions, red gold mounts with pierced foliate thumbpieceNOTEFor a collection of similar har [...more]
Lot 4: A GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
width 7.6cm, 3inapparently unmarked, probably English, circa 1840rectangular with cut corners, the cagework mounts chased with shells, leaves and scrolls, enclosing panels of an unusual figured jasper
Lot 5: A GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX
THE PROPERTY OF A LADYwidth 7cm, 2 3/4 inprobably English, circa 1840in 18th century taste, rectangular with incurved sides and fluted corners, the lid, sides and base of lightly-figured honey-coloured agate, reeded gold mounts with flange thumbpiece [...more]
