Antique Unmounted Victorian Era Italian Micro Mosaic in Goldstone, The Coliseum, Adventurine American portrait miniature Large and elegant 19th century

Large and elegant 19th century (Napoleon III era

with a slight lift to the silver cartouche that centers the front and onto which monogram might be engraved

each miniature painting has fine detail and tells a story

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

I see no nips

Antique Unmounted Victorian Era Italian Micro Mosaic in Goldstone, The Coliseum, Adventurine American portrait miniature Large and elegant 19th centuryThe 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