18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque miniature It's finished in light blue

It's finished in light blue guilloché enamel and features a heart-shaped cut out under the face displaying a faux pendulum (that actually moves when the clock's running)

This very special little object is a patch box

An exquisite Victorian safety pin crafted in 15 karat gold and furnished with an old mine cut diamond

with openworked backs and silver settings

) here's a Cartier gold money clip

18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque miniature It's finished in light blueDATE: 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