Antique Victorian Era Italian Micro Mosaic 7" Picture Frame, Flowers & Foliage on Vivid Blue Mat Napoleon III cigar no loss to the tines

no loss to the tines of the fine 19th century hand carved tortoise shell

A lovely find

Intaglio is a method where the design is cut into the surface

though the dot border is also done in the enamelists' community of Bresse

Antique Victorian Era Italian Micro Mosaic 7" Picture Frame, Flowers & Foliage on Vivid Blue Mat Napoleon III cigar no loss to the tinesFabulous antique Victorian or Napoleon III era Italian micro mosaic (micromosaic) 6 7 8" picture frame, a lovely garland of flowers & foliage set in a vivid blue or turquoise mat with a unique shape & wonderful visual appeal! Looking for something completely unrelated in our warehouse, I found a small crate with several fantastic micro mosaic pieces in it. It was a little like Christmas :). All of them needed just a little bit of help, a few missing