Millefiori micro mosaic brooch. This stunning floral brooch is in excellent condition, just showing some slight spots on the back. There are no missing pieces. It features a masterfully rendered floral scene with a blue background set in ornate gold-tone metal. The reverse side features a pin-back with a locking closure. This oval brooch measures 1.6" x 1.25".
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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