Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

A 19th century Italian ‘Grand Tour’ black slate and micro-mosaic desk weight, of serpentine outline, centred with a micro-mosaic of Pliny’s Doves, surrounded by four further oval micro-mosaics depicting Roman views - the Colosseum, the Temple of Vespasian, St Peter’s Basilica, and the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, dimensions: 11.5 x 8.3cm. £550-£600