18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque swiss lapis and a chain with six

and a chain with six gem-set drops that spell out the popular romantic sentiment REGARD

The tassel is missing two of the gold balls at the ends

Total length: 4

depicted in the Classical form: winged head

18th Century Grand Tour "Two Monks with Dinner" Pietra Dura Plaque swiss lapis and a chain with sixDATE: 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