18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque miniature A stunning late Victorian curb

A stunning late Victorian curb link bracelet set with alternating pearls and demantoid garnets

tests as 18k gold and platinum

) here's a Cartier gold money clip

” while the openworked metal token inside says “I love you”

18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque miniature A stunning late Victorian curbDATE: 18th Century, c. 1720 I mistook this for a painting at first.. but it's actually the most incredible Florentine Pietra Dura (literally hard stone) mosaic portraying two monks delighting in the food from a copper pot. The execution, the details and selection of stone (particularly depicting the faces and the plate of charcuterie), is utterly breathtaking with seemingly seamless edges where the stones have been meticulously cut to fit around each