Victorian Pietra Dura Panel sleeper the Black Prince (1330-1376)

the Black Prince (1330-1376)

English hallmarks for platinum (Birmingham)

Individual letters: 8

continually devouring itself and being reborn from itself

Victorian Pietra Dura Panel sleeper the Black Prince (1330-1376)DATE: Victorian, c. 1850 A fantastic antique pietra dura panel Pietra Dura precisely cut hardstones with a carefully chosen colour palette which are arranged to form a pattern or image, typically set within a panel of marble or onyx, and then polished and buffed to a high shine. The stone inlay work is so finely crafted, that it often looks like a painting. This quality usually makes pietra dura more valuable than other mosaic work. The main event of