Antique Unmounted Victorian Era Italian Micro Mosaic in Goldstone, The Coliseum, Adventurine American portrait miniature Very good to excellent with

Very good to excellent with one flaw to note: there is an edge chip on the outer lip up top of the boot into which the sliding lid comes forward

We're always happy to find the wonderful old Dresden

a fine 12K gold

head down but muscles taught

These papier mache accessories and furnighings are English in origin

Antique Unmounted Victorian Era Italian Micro Mosaic in Goldstone, The Coliseum, Adventurine American portrait miniature Very good to excellent withThe Roman coliseum as subject, this large and fine and unused mid 1800s Italian micro mosaic comes from a rather large stash I bought as a Paris goldsmith's estate was auctioned off. Everything from jeweler's tools to unmounted stones, cameo, micro mosaics. You see some of them in the final photos I've sold off a lot of others those are the remainders I'd kept. You are buying just one this oval goldstone basin simple coliseum from The Forum, Roman