This 19th century micromosaic brooch features an
exceptionally fine rendering of St. Peter's Square, Rome. The scene,
which looks like an oil painting, is created with with hundreds of
minute, colored glass tiles or tessarae set into an oval of black onyx.
Many of the micromosaics of this era featured architectural sites which
were copied from 17th and 18th century paintings. This brooch is set
into a simple gold mounting with a rope twist border. There are no karat ...click for details
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