40 - An early 19th century gold, glass fob seal, with fluted trumpet mount, the base set with a black and red Tassie glass intaglio (ref. no 15613) depicting the classical figures of Papirius and his mother after an intaglio by Giovanni Pichler (1734-1791), signedΠΙΧΛΕΡ (Pichler) for Giovanni Pichler, circa 1800, length 3.5cm

An early 19th century gold, glass fob seal, with fluted trumpet mount, the base set with a black and red Tassie glass intaglio (ref. no 15613) depicting the classical figures of Papirius and his mother after an intaglio by Giovanni Pichler (1734-1791), signedΠΙΧΛΕΡ (Pichler) for Giovanni Pichler, circa 1800, length 3.5cm Cf. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, accession number 57.2076 for a ring set with a similar glass intaglio; and Tassie & Raspe, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, Cameos and Intaglios, Taken from the Most Celebrated Cabinets in Europe; and Cast in Coloured Pastes, White Enamel, and Sulphur by James Tassie, Modeller.' (1791), gem no. 15613