Antique Silver Pietra Dura Lily Of The Valley Brooch tigers eye it features perfectly working slide

it features perfectly working slide pendants and a hefty tasseled drop pendant that are hand painted

The legends say a Spanish conquistador discovered the ametrine mine in the 1600s when he received the land after marrying a native princess named Anahi

Representing a moth

Small chip in corner with 20th C

This visually arresting cross pendant is made of Pinchbeck

Antique Silver Pietra Dura Lily Of The Valley Brooch tigers eye it features perfectly working slidePietra Dura, an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or "hardstones" is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. The stonework, after the work is assembled loosely, is glued stone by stone to a substrate after having previously been "sliced and cut in different shape sections; and then assembled together so precisely that the contact between each section