Brooch with micromosiac griffin in the early medieval stryle

Brooch with micromosiac griffin in the early medieval stryle

Castellani and Sons, Rome

Gold, silver, and glass tesserae

1 7/8 inches in diameter; 7/16 thick

Private collection

I would like to thank Susan Weber Soros, Director of the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, which holds copyright on this image, and the owners of the original object, for sharing this image with the Victorian Web.