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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 433128, member: 2844&quot;]Very sweet frame, Ruth Ann, and perfect for your cute furry friends.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I agree with obb and Bronwen on provenance and date, but technically speaking this would be considered mosaic rather than micro mosaic.</p><p>In the latter you can hardly discern the individual pieces of glass, and it is of such quality and value that the frame would probably have been gold. Nowadays many people confuse the two, and you will see similar items to your frame listed as micro mosaic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good explanation of the different Italian inlay techniques:</p><p><a href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/pietra-dura-micromosaic-mosaic-jewelry-149527" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/pietra-dura-micromosaic-mosaic-jewelry-149527" rel="nofollow">https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/pietra-dura-micromosaic-mosaic-jewelry-149527</a></p><p>Photos from the link to show the difference, left pietra dura (stone inlay), right micro mosaic, and the bottom one is mosaic:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/thmb/0w9sDbcUXlTn-jkKmBbLxbBfJTU=/960x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/PietraMosaics-589d39f23df78c4758d4e589.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They also made jewellery in that style. My very first bracelet as a toddler was Italian &#039;micro mosaic&#039; (mosaic). I guess that is when I caught the bling bug.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I still have some 19th century pieces that used to be my great-grandmother&#039;s, also mosaic rather than micro mosaic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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