Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight Plaque with Roman Coliseum kilim tapestry At 2 1/2" diameter

At 2 1/2" diameter

If you didn't have it pointed out

notation of 1 inkwell being there though there would have originally been a 2nd

Salvaged old French chair upholstery back

The body has an outer coating

Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight Plaque with Roman Coliseum kilim tapestry At 2 1/2" diameterConsider the Victorian Grand Tour traveler, perhaps a young lady traveling with her chaperone aunt or with her mother a bride gathering trouseau and souvenirs, or a young couple on their honeymoon on the continent. That is the likely origin of purchase of this charming old colored glass tesserae mosaic and of course the Coliseum was a top architectural wonder, favorite of many. Worked into a basin of black slate or marble, it's been carefully cut and