Antique Italian Victorian Era Pietra Dura & Gilt Bronze 4.5" Picture Frame, Floral Inlay cigar and rarely mother of pearl

and rarely mother of pearl

all being offered separately

The black mat is also wood

either in thick carved tortoise shell or perhaps horn with a beautiful silver and mother of pearl inlay

Looking along the bottom

Antique Italian Victorian Era Pietra Dura & Gilt Bronze 4.5" Picture Frame, Floral Inlay cigar and rarely mother of pearlVery fine antique Italian Victorian era 4 5 8" tall gilded & silvered bronze picture frame with locket style front door framing an oval pietra dura plaque with colorful floral inlay and a two love birds & ribbon figural top! A visually stunning piece, small but powerful! Pietra dura is made by cutting and fitting thin pieces of colored hardstone into a carved stone base to create detailed images, patterns, or scenesalmost like a stone mosaic, but with