AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD SEASHELL AND CORAL DIORAMA

AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD SEASHELL AND CORAL DIORAMA

POSSIBLY NEAPOLITAN OR SICILIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

the naturalistic sea bed interior arranged with various coral specimens and applied with carved bone fish, the case decorated with mirror panels and moulded bands, the front with an arrangement of various shells, later fitted with lighting

54.5cm high, 34cm wide