SMALL ITALIAN GRAND TOUR MICRO MOSAIC OVAL JEWEL BOX
stamped inside on red silk material C. ROCCHEGGIANI ROMA
the hinged lid with micro mosaic image of the Colesseum, the sides with band of enameled vine of flowers, 2.5"h; 3.75"w; 3"d
Caesare Roccheggiani. The only published document referring to Cesare is dated 1859, when he is mentioned in a bill of payment in the archives of the Vatican Mosaic Factory at St Peter's. He was probably related to Lorenzo and Nicola Roccheggiani, mosaicists of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and Antonio Roccheggiani, who gained medals at the London exhibition of 1851 and the Paris exhibition of 1855. The 1874 Guida Monaci lists C. Roccheggiani at 14-15 via Condotti
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $1,400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 105 : SMALL ITALIAN GRAND TOUR MICRO MOSAIC OVAL JEWEL BOX
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