Featured Identification help ????

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by Leon, Jun 20, 2019.

  1. Leon

    Leon New Member

    Morning,
    I was wondering if anyone can have a look at these photos I’ve posted and give me some more information unfortunately it’s not in the greatest condition.
    Many thanks
     

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a charming Italian pietra dura mosaic, probably made in Naples. Pietra dura means hard stone, the entire inlay is stone.
    It could have been part of a furniture panel. How big is it?

    The girls are dancing the Tarantella, a famous southern Italian dance.

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    More on pietra dura, with a mention of the Naples manufacture:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietra_dura
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Tarantella, originally a healing dance, now performed mostly for tourists:

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  4. Leon

    Leon New Member

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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    We don't do values here, but if you want to sell it you will have to take into account that although it is pretty, it is also damaged. The breaks are in several places around the girls, and even through the scene.
    The good thing is that no pieces are missing, but you would have to find someone who will buy it in this state. Which would probably be someone who knows a way to restore it without visible traces of repair.

    You still haven't given a size. Obviously a pietra dura piece in perfect condition of say 100 x 50cm would be worth more than one 10 x 5 cm.;)
    Napels pietra dura is not the most sought after of pietra dura styles, but the scene is charming.
     
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