18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque miniature It's finished in light blue

It's finished in light blue guilloché enamel and features a heart-shaped cut out under the face displaying a faux pendulum (that actually moves when the clock's running)

This very special little object is a patch box

A stunning late Victorian curb link bracelet set with alternating pearls and demantoid garnets

A spectacular Georgian cluster ring set with juicy pink-purple garnets - a halo of smaller stones arranged around a 4

Quite remarkably

18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque miniature It's finished in light blueDATE: 18th Century, c. 1720 I mistook this for a painting at first.. but it's actually the most incredible Florentine Pietra Dura (literally hard stone) mosaic portraying two monks delighting in the food from a copper pot. The execution, the details and selection of stone (particularly depicting the faces and the plate of charcuterie), is utterly breathtaking with seemingly seamless edges where the stones have been meticulously cut to fit around each