Rare micromosaic tabatiere in green-grey veined serpentine. Cylindrical body with smooth walls. The lid with a very finely executed, moulded micromosaic depicting a river landscape and the "Ponte Lucano sull'Aniene" in Tivoli. In the foreground a staffage of figures and anglers. H. 3 cm. D. 6.3 cm. Provenance: from the Michahelles Collection, Hamburg, which has grown over generations. A rare Italian serpentine brass mounted snuff box with a Roman micro-mosaic of the Lucano Bridge over the Aniene. Italy. Rome. 1st half 19th cent.