Antique Italian 12" Micro Mosaic Cross or Crucifix, Grand Tour Rome Souvenir, St. Peters Animalier sculpture at about 5 and 7

at about 5 and 7 o'clock positions

The aperture is framed in and box trimmed in 18k gold

that is is our subject in the back-painted glass painting that centers this souvenir tazza

NOTE about KILN-FIRED ENAMALS: This process

and in fine working order

Antique Italian 12" Micro Mosaic Cross or Crucifix, Grand Tour Rome Souvenir, St. Peters Animalier sculpture at about 5 and 7Wonderful antique Italian Victorian era Grand Tour souvenir of Rome, a large 12" micro mosaic cross or crucifix in silver or nickel plated brass or bronze with crucified Christ figure and four architectural scenes of Rome! Wonderfully preserved, not a single tiny colored glass tesserae loose or missing that I can see from this large souvenir of someone's c. 1880 1910 visit to Rome. The cruciform or crucifix form is a sturdy 1 4" deep silvered metal