Millefiori micro mosaic brooch. This stunning floral brooch is in excellent condition. There are no missing pieces. It features a masterfully rendered floral scene with a blue background set in ornate silver-tone metal. The reverse side features a pin-back with a locking closure. It is stamped ITALY on the back. This brooch measures 1.25" in diameter.
Micromosaics (or micro mosaics, micro-mosaics) are a special form of mosaic that uses unusually small mosaic pieces (tesserae) of glass, or in later Italian pieces, an enamel-like material, to make small figurative images.
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