This collection consists of several items of decorative brassware featuring mother-of-pearl mosaic inlay. The set includes a pear-shaped lidded box with a cast brass stem and leaf finial. Also included is a cylindrical lidded box with a spherical finial and a circular lidded box with a tall, conical finial. The fourth item is a circular ashtray or trinket dish, featuring a central brass well with engraved floral and foliate motifs, surrounded by a scalloped rim inlaid with mother-of-pearl and incorporating three rests. The construction utilizes small tesserae of shell applied to a brass base with visible metal dividers.
Pear length: approx 11.5 cm.
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