A HARDSTONE PAPERWEIGHT SET WITH A ROMAN MICRO-MOSAIC

ITALIAN, CIRCA 1800/1820

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A HARDSTONE PAPERWEIGHT SET WITH A ROMAN MICRO-MOSAIC
Italian, circa 1800/1820
Rectangular white marble paperweight, the top with concave edges, inset with a silver-mounted circular Roman micro-mosaic depicting two doves with flapping wings on a gilt-wood table draped with an orange table cloth, a book on the floor in the foreground
144 mm. (5.5/8 in.) wide

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