Lot 566 , A 19th century Italian Grand Tour Souvenir gold mounted micro mosaic plaque necklace and a pair of matching bracelets Plaques 2cm-3cm., overall 42.5cm.

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour Souvenir gold mounted micro mosaic plaque necklace and a pair of matching bracelets
decorated with views of Rome within red borders, with old, possibly original red leather case and hand-inscribed list of the topographical views,
Plaques 2cm-3cm., overall 42.5cm.
£2,000-3,000

Condition:
Left to right on the necklace; 1. Temple of Bacchus 2. Ponte Lucano 3. Colosseum 4. St Peters 5. Pantheon 6. Ponte Salvio 7. Arch of Septimus Severus Bracelets; Campidoglio & Trajan's Column. One section of chain broken and shortened. One of the bracelet panels has a small crack at 9 and 3 o'clock and there are some tiny chips around the edge of the stone. There is also a crack right across the back of the stone. The stone on the other bracelet has some tiny chips around the edge also. There are minor nicks or chips around the edges of all the stones in the necklace and one has a crack across the back and two cracks to the edge and two have two cracks to the back and two or three cracks to the edge.

Sold for £1,900