April 16, 2024
Stunning Micro Mosaic Rare Shape & Composition
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This exquisite un-set Micro Mosaic is certainly a piece forthe collector as well as being in superb condition, the compilation, size and shape are also very unusual. The colours are as crisp and as clean as when first produced well over 100 years ago. The compilation of flowers and colours depicting a message of love and devotion. One can find Micro Mosaics in Round, Oval, Oblong & Square shapes in abundance but a Tear drop/ Pear shape is really quite rare, especially at this large size. The quality of a micro mosaic is determined by the quantity of separate coloured stones used per square inch to create it. The smaller the stones the better the quality. This is an extremely high quality Micro Mosaic. Dimensions: Height 44mm x Width 18mm (at widest point) x Depth 3.5mm. Micro mosaics™ are assemblages of small pieces of enamel, an opaque, vitreous substance which is similar to glass. The Vatican has kept the actual formula a secret for over 200 years. Micro mosaics, which are the very smallest of these, were produced from the late eighteenth to the end of the nineteenth century. This piece is likely to have been made by one of a number of private mosaic workshops which sprung up in Rome near the Spanish Steps in the early nineteenth century. The growing tourist market created a demand for micro-mosaic souvenirs and soon they
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