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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Box

probably 1819 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hardstone, mounted in gold, with a micro-mosaic on the lid of a view at Tivoli, with Rome marks


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Hardstone, mounted in gold, with micro-mosaic
Brief description
Italy, Rome, probably 1819; mark of Giacomo Sirletti
Hardstone, mounted in gold; on the cover a view at Tivoli in Roman mosaic.
Physical description
Hardstone, mounted in gold, with a micro-mosaic on the lid of a view at Tivoli, with Rome marks
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • marks for Rome
  • mark of Giacomo Sirletti
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Formerly the property of Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (1769-1830) who was in Rome in 1819. Ex Jones Collection
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
938:1, 2-1882

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Record createdJuly 1, 2005
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