Roughly rectangular pietra dura (hard stone) paperweight with curved edges, made of black marble with central inlaid decoration of Pliny's Doves (four doves drinking from a basin), made in micromosaic, surrounded by inlaid malachite oval. Most likely made in Italy.
paperweights
knickknacks
stone (rock)
micromosaics
Paperweight
Unknown
Italy
1/2 x 5 5/8 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Felix A. Gendrot
1936.297
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