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Jewelry box

Designer: Giovanni Battista Foggini; Maker: Grand Ducal Workshops

oak veneered with ebony, mounted on all four sides and lid with rectangular slate plaques inlaid with lapis, agate, and marble; design of flowers tied with ribbons, a parrot and butterflies, ormolu leaf sprays on sides, corners have female masks in agate with ormolu ribbons

Date
c. 1730
In our collection
since June the 13th, 2014 up to now
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 17 in. (34.93 x 52.71 x 43.18 cm)
Location
G310
Medium
Oak, ebony, slate inlaid with pietre dure (lapis lazuli, agate, and marble) and gilded bronze mounts with semiprecious stones
Price
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Composition
atium12%
zinc88%