18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque chains Birmingham 1885

Birmingham 1885

"J'EN DISPOSE"

finely worked antique guard chain dating from the late Victorian era

4mm (not including bail)

18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque chains Birmingham 1885DATE: 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