C3 19th century 18th century Italian 'Florence Fragment'

18th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with fossil coral adorned with tourmaline in matrix with gold leaf and miniature shells

The calcite crystal in matrix from Elmwood Mine

"Herkimer diamonds" are unique and classic diamond-like minerals

Size: 15" wide x 13' high x 10" deep

C3 19th century 18th century Italian 'Florence Fragment'18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a antique red frame and adorned with red ruby stones. Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a print to the prepared surface of a canvas, panel, or wall. Holes are punched along the outlines of the original design followed by "pouncing" which is the application of powdered pigments that leaves a series of dots to create the tracing for the piece.