AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED MICROMOSAIC DEMI-PARURE
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED MICROMOSAIC DEMI-PARURE

ROME, CIRCA 1850

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AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED MICROMOSAIC DEMI-PARURE
ROME, CIRCA 1850
comprising: a brooch with an oval mosaic plaque depicting Cupid in a shell being drawn by a butterfly; a pair of ear-pendants each with an oval mosaic plaque depicting a rabbit in a chariot drawn by two peacocks and a dog in a chariot drawn by two ducks, each on an aventurine glass support mounted in matching beaded gold mounts
1 in. and 1 3/8 in. (30 mm. and 35 mm.) wide respectively
Literature
R. Grieco, Micromosaici Romani, Rome, 200 8, p. 50, no. 65.

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