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'The Doves of Pliny' micro-mosaic choker, circa 1850.

Yellow Gold

£3,100

'The Doves of Pliny' choker. Set with an oval micro-mosaic plaque depicting two doves carrying wreath of flowers against a black background, attached to a black velvet ribbon with a hidden clasp on one side of the plaque, approximately 14" in length. yellow , 1850.

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Reference Number 24490

Period Victorian

TOTAL / RING Weight 6.75 grams

Metal Yellow Gold

Provenance

This choker came from an old Italian collection, and thence by descent.

Condition

The choker is in excellent condition.

Chairman's Notes

Micro-mosaic jewellery was particularly popular during the nineteenth century when it was produced by workshops in Rome to appeal to tourists visiting the capital on the Grand Tour.

Doves were commonly used as subject of micro-mosaics in souvenir jewels, known as the Capitoline Doves or the Doves of Pliny. This design came from a Roman floor mosaic discovered in 1737 at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, which was thought to be a copy of a lost ancient Greek mosaic described by Pliny, the Roman Natural Historian.

For a similar 'The Doves of Pliny' piece of a slightly earlier date, see Victoria & Albert Museum, acquisition number GILBERT.194:1, 2-2008.

Delivery & Returns

Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India	European
11.63	0
11.84	¼
12.04	½	A
12.24	¾	A½
12.45	1	B	1
12.65	1¼	B½
12.85	1½	C
13.06	1¾	C½		41
13.26	2	D	2	42
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3	43
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4	44
14.27	3¼	F½	5	45
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6	46
		H		47
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I		48
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J		49
15.7	5	J½	9	50
15.9	5¼	K		51
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L		52
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12	53
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N		54
17.32	7	O	14	55
17.53	7¼	O½		56
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½		57
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½		58
18.54	8½	R	17	59
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18	60
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19	61
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20	62
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22	63
20.37	10¾	V		64
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W		65
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X		66
21.39	12	Y	25	67
21.59	12¼	Y½		68
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½		69
22.2	13		27
22.4	13¼
22.61	13½
22.81	13¾
23.01	14
23.22	14¼
23.42	14½
23.62	14¾
23.83	15
24.03	15¼
24.23	15½
24.43	15¾
24.64	16

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'The Doves of Pliny' micro-mosaic choker, circa 1850.

Yellow Gold

£3,100

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