19th Century Micro Mosaic Brooch with exceptional detail (SOLD)

This antique brooch is one of the finest kind with an abundance of flowers and leaves to the centre and a trraditional feathered pattern in the Florentine style around the edges.  It dates from the English Victorian period but it is most likely Italian in origin.  This kind of micro mosaic jewellery has been hand made in Italy for almost 200 years and this little antique brooch is around 120 years old.   Many  hundreds of tiny coloured  glass tiles or 'tessarae' have been used to make up the design. It is extremely colourful too.  There are flowers with touches of white, blue,caramel brown,black, yellow, red and purple and in the floral centre. Detailed shaped leaves in a dark green to one side and lighter greens to the other frame the floral middle. The feathered work that frames this is in white, pink and turquoise blue with touches of red.  The work on this brooch is particularly fine. This lovely antique micro mosaic brooch is in very good order with just a few little chips to some of the outer glass tessarae.  These do not detract in any way from the beauty of effect of the brooch.  The metal has a gold washed finish with etruscan style ball decoration around the outer edge.  This delightful antique brooch fastens with an old fashioned 'c' type clasp and pin.  It is also marked with the stamped letters 'CD' on the reverse which are most likely the maker's mark. In very good condition this brooch, which is oval in shape,  measures just over 1 inch in length and slightly less than an inch wide.   

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Designer or Brand: None

Country of Origin: Italy