C3 17th Century It was found and saved

It was found and saved from the Florence Flood of 1966

The carved wood points in front of the altar base complements the amethyst points in the specimen

hence the name pyrophyllite from the Greek pyros (fire)

18th Italian pom pom decorated with garnets on a mica in matrix base and garnet inclusions

18th-century Italian silver leaf church tassel with a mecca varnish which has aged overtime

C3 17th Century It was found and saved18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a antique red frame and adorned with red ruby stones. Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a print to the prepared surface of a canvas, panel, or wall. Holes are punched along the outlines of the original design followed by "pouncing" which is the application of powdered pigments that leaves a series of dots to create the tracing for the piece.