Posted 9 years ago
Agram.m
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This pendant / brooch set in very beautiful Sterling silver is made in millefiori technique.
Millefiori glass techniques you could call it sibling Micro mosaic.
This is often referred to as Micro Mosaic and it also has many similarities. The main difference is that it is made of slices or canes of colored glass in flower designs. Micro Mosaic Decorated with many small adjacent pieces (tesserae or inlaid varicolored glass o Stone arranged to form a picture or design.
Mosaic work in jewelry was of two types: ROMAN or BYZANTINE mosaic, with the tesserae made of glass set into molten glass and fused together and FLORENTINE mosaic - VENETIAN Mosaic made of slices of colored glass canes.
Millefiori the Italian name (literally) for a thousand flowers. A style of ornamented glass made from slices of canes of colored glass embedded in clear glass and cannetilles.
The style was known in Alexandria from the 3rd century BC and in Rome in the 1st century AD, bit it was so called only after it was revived and modified at Venice in the 6th century. Such Millefiori slices have been used to decorate as in this case some articles of jewelry , especially at Venice.
The chain, setting of the brooch/pendant and bracelet were made in a wonderful of decorated little dots. That once again I could not resist.
I hope you see the resemblance with Mosaic.
stunning !!!!
As always so quick amazing SEAN thanks so much!
freiheit thanks for your love and quick respons.
Stunning!
Very unusual, I love all your new treasures, Marga :-)
katharinecollections thanks for love.
Kyra as I do yours! I appreciate your opinion very much and admire your restorations.
Elisabethan thank you again for your love.
Very beautiful!!!
jscotto363 thanks for love and compliment
Manikin thanks for your attention and love.
It is tiny millefiori too! Agram the setting of this brooch and the bracelet are so beautiful. Amazing they are still with each other.
racer4four indeed amazing they are still together after so many years. And I like also this setting so much. Thanks you very much for your nice remark and love.
vintagelamp, valentino97, Newtimes, vetraio50, aura and nutsabotas6 thanks for your interest and love.
Lovely pieces. Those little florets on the settings are often called "cannetille".
davyd286 thanks for your helpful instructive comment. You've learned something me again. It is not easy to identify in another language subject specific terms. Today I have thanks to you, another learned. Fantastic!