Antique Italian Grand Tour Rome Micro Mosaic Plaque set in Heavy 14k Gold Clasp, Bracelet? crochet and is still a head-turner

and is still a head-turner

and remains in perfect condition

An ornate acorn style finial on the lid and the inside of it and the neck of the bottle are lined in 18k gold on silver "vermeil"

I feel certain it was once a top mounted painting on a snuff or patch box

yet no signature to be found

Antique Italian Grand Tour Rome Micro Mosaic Plaque set in Heavy 14k Gold Clasp, Bracelet? crochet and is still a head-turnerThe River Arno landscape as subject, this large and fine mid 1800s Italian micro mosaic plaque mounted in its 14k gold mount (a complete clasp) 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. Among those were sections of what must have once been a bracelet or perhaps even a necklace. I have 4, and they are listed separately. You see