AN ITALIAN GOLD BRACELET SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE

ROME, CIRCA 1840

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AN ITALIAN GOLD BRACELET SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
ROME, CIRCA 1840
oval plaque set into coloured blue glass depicting a view of the Ponte Lucano at Tivoli, within cast and chased gold floral border with chain link bracelet; together with a gilt-metal painted jewellery box, the cover set with a micromosaic plaque on black glass depicting the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella
2 in. (50 mm.) and 2¼ in. (57 mm.) wide respectively

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Lot Essay

The best of the Via Appia tombs, the Mausoleum of Cecilia Matella is situated along the ancient Appian Way at the top of a hillock. Cecilia was the daughter-in-law of Crassus, a 1st-century BC land mogul and Julius Caesar's financier.

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