An oval micromosaic plaque depicting an altar with a burning flame, an herm with a laurel wreath and an urn set on the cover of a tested gold mounted and goldstone (avventurina glass) snuff box.

Attributable to the workshop of Giacomo Raeffelli.

The micromosaic Rome, the snuff box french late XVIIIth century circa 1790

Dimension of the snuff box cm 6,8 diameter - micromosaic cm 5 x 4,2

Perfect condition commensurate with age.

A herma (Ancient Greek: ἑρμῆς, pl. ἑρμαῖ hermai),commonly in English herm, is a sculpture with a head, and perhaps a torso, above a plain, usually squared lower section. The form originated in Ancient Greece, and was adopted by the Romans, and revived at the Renaissance in the form of term figures and Atlantes.