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Luigi Mascelli
(1804-1825) was an Italian goldsmith from
Rome
.
[1]
He designed
decorative boxes
,
[1]
one of which is held at the
Victoria and Albert Museum
in London.
[2]
In 1998, one of his boxes was sold for over $7,000 at a
Christie's
auction.
[3]
A decade later, at a 2008 auction held at
Sotheby's
, one of his boxes was sold for over $40,000.
[1]
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