Jill Garber, BAROQUE STERLING SILVER WREATH WITH FIGURAL ANGEL WITH TURQUOISE AND MICRO MOSAIC DROP

Jill Garber

BAROQUE STERLING SILVER WREATH WITH FIGURAL ANGEL WITH TURQUOISE AND MICRO MOSAIC DROP

Fine Jewelry

• PAIR OF NINTEENTH CENTURY MICROM MOSAIC FLORAL MEDALLIONS
• TWO ROUND PERSIAN TURQUOISE CABOCHONS
• 7/8” WIDTH BY 2 ½” LENGTH NOT INCLUDING STERLING SILVER EAR WIRE
• WEIGHT .500 / .520 OZS EACH / 1.025 OZS. TOTAL PAIR WEIGHT

$ 4,250.00

MICROMOSAICS ARE A TYPE OF MOSAIC CREATED FROM TINY FRAGMENTS OF GLASS, CALLED TESSERAE. THE TESSERAE ARE MOSAIC PIECES MADE FROM AN OPAQUE VITREOUS GLASS OR ENAMEL IN A MULTITUDE...

MICROMOSAICS ARE A TYPE OF MOSAIC CREATED FROM TINY FRAGMENTS OF GLASS,

CALLED TESSERAE. THE TESSERAE ARE MOSAIC PIECES MADE FROM AN OPAQUE

VITREOUS GLASS OR ENAMEL IN A MULTITUDE OF COLORS CALLED SMALTO. THE SMALTO IS

PULLED INTO RODS OR THREADS, CALLED FILATI (SPUN ENAMEL), AND THEN LEFT TO COOL.

AFTER COOLING, IT IS CUT INTO HUNDREDS OF MINUTE CUBES OR TESSERAE AND

ARRANGED ON A COPPER OR GOLD TRAY TO CREATE A SCENE, PORTRAIT, OR LANDSCAPES

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