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This beautiful Victorian Micro Mosaic brooch is superb
Steeped in history a lovely brooch that has superb detail
Set in sterling silver with beautiful mosaic tile workmanship
Depicting a dove in the centre which is in flight.
Beautiful floral workmanship on each shoulder of the Dove,
lovely deep red tile workmanship from the 1860's
All original, a true collectors item
Micromosaics (or micro mosaics, micro-mosaics) are a special form of mosaic
that uses unusually small mosaic pieces (tesserae) of glass, or in later Italian
pieces an enamel-like material, to make small figurative images.
Surviving ancient Roman mosaics include some very finely worked panels
using very small tesserae, especially from Pompeii,
but only from Byzantine art are there mosaic icons in micromosaic with
tesserae as small as the best from the Modern period.
Weighs 7.6 grams
Measures 2.2 inches across
The central Dove section measures 22mm this includes the two silver
balls which are decorated top and bottom of the Dove
The Dove itself measures 13mm across
ITEM NUMBER 6351
