Fine Antique Pietra Dura Jewelry Box, Casket, 5 Perfect Mosaic Plaques, Italy petitpoint The sidelong 3/4 seated pose

The sidelong 3/4 seated pose is perfectly designed to bring the eye throughout the painting and to elicit the sympathetic feeling we have for this beautiful widow in her early Victorian Era mourning clothing (Restoration to early Napoleon III era in France

(Royal Academy)

A fine semi-translucent work of glass maker's art

Do you see what I mean

it has come to us from France without a single interior fitted tool

Fine Antique Pietra Dura Jewelry Box, Casket, 5 Perfect Mosaic Plaques, Italy petitpoint The sidelong 3/4 seated poseAn exceptionally fine example of the mid 1800s Grand Tour souvenir pietra dura mosaic items of Rome and Florence. The subtle shading of the old marble having been cut specifically for the look of leaves, petals, and with 5 pristine mosaic panels on this one, a gorgeous work of art. The shaded and colored marble and semi precious stones used in these fine old mosaic items from Italy are perfectly worked in this one. We have no signature on it, but