AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PAPERWEIGHT OR PLAQUE
Coleridge Collection, 19th Century
The cartouche shaped marble plaque inset with micromosaic scenes including St. Peters, the Colosseum and the Pantheon, each with malachite border, with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ label, 18cm wide
| Estimate: |
£300 - £500
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Hammer price:
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£850 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance
The
Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection
The late R.E.
Summerfield, Esq., sold Christie’s, Cheltenham Racecourse, 23-28 October 1989,
lot 2022.
Condition report:
Missing section of malachite to the left side medallion as shown in the illustration and a few tesserae. A small tessera missing from the bottom left of the right side medallion.
Quite a few small chips to the extremities; edges and underside, including one to the centre of the top edge and one to the bottom edge, centre. See extra images.
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