Despite it’s name, Moss Agate is actually a form of Chalcedony and not a true agate. It is recognizable from it’s patterns which resemble moss and landscapes. Moss agate is a translucent to white stone that has green streaks and inclusions; each Moss Agate is unique with many different tones of green and some with more or less inclusions. Reference: AC Silver
A moss agate, diamond and ruby box
estimated total diamond weight: 2.20 carats; mounted in 18k gold; dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 7/8in. (some damage)
Sold for US$2,500 (£ 1,793) inc. premium at Bonhams in 2015
A Victorian silver snuff box of shaped outline, the lid inset with moss agate, the sides and base engraved with leaf scroll ornament and with shaped thumbpiece, 2.5ins x 1.75ins x .875ins, by David Pettifer, Birmingham 1852 (gross weight 1.92ozs – crack and chips to agate)
Sold for 110 GBP at
A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1750
cartouche-shaped box with reeded gold mounts, the gold sides finely chased with foliage and diaper-work, the cover and base mounted à jour with panels of green moss agate, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide.
Sold for GBP 1,500 at Christies in 2017
An Ornate Gold Cagework & Agate Egg-Form Pendant/Box, the agate of moss color in a gold carving of scrolls and flowers, 19th c., possibly 18th c., gold tests 22k or higher.
Sold For $3,000 at Litchfield County Auctions in 2016
A gold-mounted hardstone snuff box, English,
the panels in moss agate, the gold cagework mounts on lid pierced and chased with flowers and rococo elements, unmarked apart from later French control
Long. 5,5 cm., 2 1/4 in.
circa 1750.
Sold for 3,750 EUR at Sothebys in 2017
