Italian Silver Hand Painted Mini Portrait Bianca Cappello Medici Pendant Brooch folded appearance piece is set with natural

piece is set with natural seed pearls and fiery opals that have bright flecks of

It is stamped "830" for the silver purity and "S" for Norway

Each spoon is about 8 3/4 inches long

with richly detailed hand chased decoration throughout in the form of flowers

This piece is in the Whitehall pattern

Italian Silver Hand Painted Mini Portrait Bianca Cappello Medici Pendant Brooch folded appearance piece is set with naturalPresented is a superb quality vintage hand painted miniature portrait set in a silver pendant brooch. This is an Italian piece, dating to around the 1930s 1950s, and was painted by Leonia Fici, after a 16th century portrait of Bianca Cappello by Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori, trained by Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino. The painting is exceptionally well executed, particularly at such a miniature size, and is quite colorful