PROBABLY ROME, WORKSHOP OF GIACOMO RAFFAELLI, CIRCA 1785

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THREE ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED MICROMOSAIC BUTTONS
probably Rome, workshop of Giacomo Raffaelli, circa 1785
Three circular micromosaic plaques depicting birds and an owl perched on branches within floral borders, within engraved gold mounts with gilt-metal button backs
each button, 1 7/16 in. (37 mm.) diam. (3)

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Lot Essay

Micromosaics mounted as buttons are extremely rare. A similar bird micromosaic signed by Giacomo Raffaelli, 1783, is illustrated in D. Petochi, I mosaici minuti Romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Rome, 1981, p. 181, no. 8.

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