Pliny Doves
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in Norwich, GB
19th Century Italian micro mosaic grand tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny. Rome - Circa 1870
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Slate
H 3.55 in W 4.93 in D 0.4 in
Stony Sample Case Table Rome, Raffaelli Factory
By Elio Raffaeli
Located in Milano, IT
micro mosaic that represents Pliny’s Doves; thanks to a complex geometric system of ellipses, from the
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Antique Early 19th Century European Other Tables
Materials
Stone, Marble
Italian Micromosaic Plaque of the "Doves of Pliny", Vatican Workshop
By Vatican Work Shop
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian Micromosaic (micro mosaic) plaque of the "Doves of Pliny",
Vatican workshop, late 19th
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19th C. Italian Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic "Doves of Pliny" Box After Antiquity
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in Atlanta, GA
depicting the Capitoline Doves or Doves of Pliny after the Roman antiquity. Also by legendary maker Giacomo
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Antique Italian Micromosaic Plaque Depicting the Capitoline Doves
Located in London, GB
design is sometimes referred to as the Doves of Pliny due to Pliny the elder referring to its description
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Models and Miniatures
Materials
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A Grand Tour specimen marble table top with an English specimen wood base
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
with a flowerhead pattern in an extensive range of marbles, centred on a roundel showing the doves of
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Antique 1850s English Side Tables
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Rare 19th Century Grand Tour Marble Top Table on Giltwood Base
Located in London, GB
, malachite, and imperial porphyry; centred with a micromosaic medallion of the Doves of Pliny, and the whole
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Center Tables
Materials
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Antique Trompe l'Œuil Painted Table in Simulated Marble
Located in London, GB
costly specimen marbles, with a central motif depicting the Doves of Pliny. The slender tapering legs
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Antique Early 19th Century English Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Micromosaic Bronzed & Parcel Gilt Wood Table
By Cesare Roccheggiani
Located in London, by appointment only
each other. With stunning micromosaic scenes, framed in Malachite, centred by the Doves of Pliny, with
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Antique 19th Century Italian Center Tables
Materials
Marble
Antique dark wooden Occasional Inlaid Round Table with Specimen Marble Top
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
an extremely fine micro mosaic panel depicting the scene ‘Doves of Pliny’.
Circa 1860
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tables
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H 34.5 in W 22 in D 19.5 in
Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box Early 19th Century Italian Gioacchino
Located in Benington, Herts
Barberi workshop in Rome. The panel shows the Capitoline doves, also known as the doves of Pliny. The
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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Gold
H 0.99 in W 3.35 in D 2.56 in
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Roman Micromosaic Depicting Pliny’s Doves
Located in Roma, IT
Sosos (2nd Century BC). Pliny the Elder (23 AD – 79AD), Latin author and naturalist, describes the lost
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19th Century Roman micro mosaic depicting Pliny's doves
By Vatican Work Shop
Located in Roma, IT
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19th Century Italian (Rome) micro mosaic table top
By Vatican Work Shop
Located in Roma, IT
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Regency Painted Simulated Marble-Top Table
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
central panel with 'The Doves of Pliny' on a lapis lazuli background; with 12 radiating panels simulating
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19th Century Grand Tour Souvenir Micromosaic Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Alexandria, VA
Pantheon. Those four panels surround the Doves of Pliny, an image often used in micromosaics, which comes
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Regency Carved and Gilded Centre Table
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
micro mosaic panel depicting ‘The Doves of Pliny’. The light coloured rosewood base with a bronze
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Fine Quality Micromosaic Paperweight Depicting Pliny's Doves
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pliny's Doves as he described them in "The Natural History, 1 A.D.". Intricately crafted of the smallest
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Located in Essex, MA
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"Micromosaic of the Doves"
Located in Vicenza, VI
mosaicists, Giacomo Raffaelli, namely "Pliny's doves": they represent four doves on the edge of a bronze
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19th Century Italian Micromosaic Square Plaque
Located in Firenze, IT
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19th Century Italian Micromosaic Oval Plaque
Located in Firenze, IT
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Very Fine Early 19th Century Micromosaic Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Very fine quality Italian 19 century Micro mosaic plaque depicting the Doves of Pliny.
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19th Century Grand Tour Black Belgium Marble Rondel with Micro Mosaic Inset
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inset depicting The Doves of Pliny.
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Antique Italian Micromosaic Plaque
Located in London, GB
Of rectangular form, housed within a conforming gilt frame; depicting the ‘Doves of Pliny’ within
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-leaf.The handles are in the form of doves drinking. This motif is inspired by an antique mosaic discovered
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rendered micromosaic medallion of the Doves of Pliny, the most famous of all ancient micromosaic designs
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Antique Italianate Micromosaic Round Ormolu Pill Box the Pliny's Doves
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Antique Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Marble Desk Weight Doves Pliny, 19th Century
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"The Doves of Pliny" which depicts four doves drinking water from an ornate bowl.
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H 0.79 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
19th Century Grand Tour Italian Micromosaic Panel of Pliny's Doves
Located in Concord, MA
19th century Italian micromosaic panel depicting the Doves of Pliny, also known as the Capitoline
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An assortment of pliny doves is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique pliny doves was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, stone and marble. Regency pliny doves are consistently popular styles. Many pliny doves are appealing in their simplicity, but Vatican Work Shop produced popular pliny doves that are worth a look.
How Much are Pliny Doves?
Prices for pliny doves can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, pliny doves begin at $6,349 and can go as high as $100,066, while the average can fetch as much as $32,094.
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