A VERY FINE MICRO MOSAIC BROOCH

Description:

Goiacchino (?) Barberi, Rom, um 1830/40
6,4 x 5,4 cm
A bouquet of colourful peonies on a support of royal blue opaque glass paste. Extremely fine micro-mosaic work, the signature "G.L. Barberi - 99, Piazza di Spagna, Roma" incised on the reverse. French mounting of red gold framed by small white pearls. Glass paste with cracks. Weight 45g.
South German private collection, acquired in the 1980ies