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An early 19th century Italian Micromosaic and cornelian snuff box, depicting Andromache mourning Hector's ashes, with makers initials B.O.F, the gold mounts marked for Luigi Mascelli, Rome, circa 1804-1825 engraved to the inner mount with later presentation inscription 'From Countess Newburgh to Col.Maclean, 13th Drs, in token of his late friend the Hon. John Kennedy, 1846' image 1
An early 19th century Italian Micromosaic and cornelian snuff box, depicting Andromache mourning Hector's ashes, with makers initials B.O.F, the gold mounts marked for Luigi Mascelli, Rome, circa 1804-1825 engraved to the inner mount with later presentation inscription 'From Countess Newburgh to Col.Maclean, 13th Drs, in token of his late friend the Hon. John Kennedy, 1846' image 2
An early 19th century Italian Micromosaic and cornelian snuff box, depicting Andromache mourning Hector's ashes, with makers initials B.O.F, the gold mounts marked for Luigi Mascelli, Rome, circa 1804-1825 engraved to the inner mount with later presentation inscription 'From Countess Newburgh to Col.Maclean, 13th Drs, in token of his late friend the Hon. John Kennedy, 1846' image 3
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An early 19th century Italian Micromosaic and cornelian snuff box, depicting Andromache mourning Hector's ashes, with makers initials B.O.F, the gold mounts marked for Luigi Mascelli, Rome, circa 1804-1825
engraved to the inner mount with later presentation inscription 'From Countess Newburgh to Col.Maclean, 13th Drs, in token of his late friend the Hon. John Kennedy, 1846'

Fine Decorative Arts, 1200-1900
18 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
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An early 19th century Italian Micromosaic and cornelian snuff box, depicting Andromache mourning Hector's ashes, with makers initials B.O.F, the gold mounts marked for Luigi Mascelli, Rome, circa 1804-1825

engraved to the inner mount with later presentation inscription 'From Countess Newburgh to Col.Maclean, 13th Drs, in token of his late friend the Hon. John Kennedy, 1846'
the lid with inset rectangular panel depicting the mourning female, dressed in a white robe and loose gold shroud, her eyes downcast, facing a large green urn raised on a rectangular plinth, together with a contemporary tooled green leather and satin lined presentation box, 8.9cm long, 6.2cm wide and 1.8cm high

Footnotes

It is possible that the Countess in the present lot refers to the 7th Countess Newburgh who married the 4th Marquis Bandini. It is hardly surprising therefore that there would have been links to Italy and, more specifically, any micromosaic workshops in Rome during this period.

Lieutenant General Allan Thomas Maclean was born in Pennycross, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland on 1 May 1793 to Archibald MacLean and Alicia MacLean. He became an Ensign with the 2nd West India Regiment without purchase on the 4th January 1810. He then became Cornet with the 13th Light Dragoons on the 23rd August 1810 again without purchase and served at Waterloo in 1815. Maclean married Agnes Lisle Robertson Forlong in 1843 and had 3 children. He died on the 9th December 1868 at 3 Oxford Square, London.

Literature
J. H. Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection, Micromosaics, Philip Wilson, 2000.
J. H. Gabriel, Micromosaics, Private Collections, 2016.

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