Description & Technical information

Weight: 74g, straight tapered, the sides inlaid with white ribbon tied floral and foliate swags in variously coloured agates, the rims with a scrolling ribbon formed of cornelian and banded agate, the slightly domed top with applied floral posy in carved bloodstone, amethyst and agates on a lavastone ground, metal lined within.

Date:  1780
Period:  18th century
Origin:  Dresden
Medium: Hardstone mounted gold
Dimensions: 5.7 cm (2¹/₄ inches)
Categories: Jewellery