Antique agate dish mounted in tombak and silver - Lot 274

Antique agate dish mounted in tombak and silver Agate, tombak and silver Ottoman Empire, circa 1800 for the mounts Probably Roman Empire, early CE for the agate dish H. 12 cm - W. 14 cm - D. 7.5 cm This precious antique object has been reassembled and magnified with a baroque-style base and lid in tombak and silver. Resting on a base adorned with vine leaves, the dish is luxuriously mounted with garlands of gilded copper leaves and fruit, held in place by silver florets, themselves attached to the base by ribbon decoration. The lid, whose sides are decorated with applied silver flowers and leaves in the Baroque style, is topped by a silver pinecone, itself topped by a gilded copper knob. The object is presented in a gilt-embossed leather box, lined with red velvet.