M131 19th century 18th century Italian sliver leaf

18th century Italian sliver leaf and mecca cross adorned with gold and silver plated crystal points and mica with tourmaline mounted on a mica and tourmaline in calcite matrix base

visual appearance

16" high x 36" wide

The fragment artifact originally came from Tuscany

M131 19th century 18th century Italian sliver leaf18th Century Italian base washed with the mud from the Florence flood. With a rare fossil Coral head on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. The Florence Fragment Collection exhibited with the Museo de Medici this autumn. The Museo de' Medici or the Medici Museum is located in the monumental Rotonda Brunelleschi which was designed in 1432 and