Antique Lapis

The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San L...

Amen dico vobis, non relinquetur hic lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur. Matth. 24.

Related examples in comparison to the present have been recorded in public and private collections, thus testifying to the ongoing fascination of collectors to engage with this model...

Characteristics of Etruscan style jewelry include use of high karat gold and semi-precious stones like lapis, malachite and agates, and most distinguishingly, the use of intricate fi...

Following in the spirit of pioneers of polychromy such as Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier and Eugène Cornu this figure was carved using expensive and luxurious materials such as Algeria...

A rare grand tour table Possibly by Cesare Roccheggiani The circular platform of marmore nero, inset with fine micromosaic panels consisting of thousands of coloured glass tesser...

The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)" The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both ...

Characteristics of Etruscan style jewelry include use of high karat gold and semi-precious stones like lapis, malachite and agates, and most distinguishingly, the use of intricate fi...

Characteristics of Etruscan style jewelry include use of high karat gold and semi-precious stones like lapis, malachite and agates, and most distinguishingly, the use of intricate fi...

The glass artfully imitated all types of Onyx, Jasper, Carnelian, Malachite, Lapis, Inlaid glass, etc. The luxury glasses that emerged from the factory received the highest awards.

The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)" The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both ...

DESCRIPTION: ART NOUVEAU c.1920's Czech Hand Painted Portrait Brass Necklace Bracelet Parure Circa: c.1920’s Markings: Designer: Style: Three piece set; necklace, link bracelet, ...

It is also during this period that the most beautiful and singular colors were invented: bleu lapis in 1752, bleu celeste in 1753, green in 1756, famous pink in 1757 and royal blue i...

The factory produced with success both soft-paste and hard-paste porcelain, in developing at the same time new colors: dark blue (bleu lapis) about 1752, turquoise blue (bleu céleste...

In these years the most famous ground colours were invented: the dark blue (bleu lapis) about 1752, the turquoise blue (bleu céleste) in 1753, the applegreen in 1756, the famous rose...

The centrepiece of this brooch is an oval-shaped carved lapis lazuli, intricately fashioned into a scarab, symbol of rebirth, enclosed within a twisted gold wire frame.

The ram’s nose is pierced through with a ring, from which is suspended a lovely midnight blue ball of lapis lazuli. Lapis lazuli was greatly prized by the people of the Ancient world...

A Victorian lapis, half pearl and diamond pendant, in the form of a stylised Latin cross, set with twelve square cabochon-cut lapis and embellished with four fleur-de-lis clusters of...

Connoisseurs were then partial to small jewel-like paintings on hardstones, which were selected for their suitability to the scene being depicted. For example, blue lapis lazuli was ...

Rectangular shape with rounded corners, this delicate antique brooch is set with a long lazuli lapis surrounded by floral motifs set with antique- cut diamonds and pink- cut in crimp...