Ashford Marble Pietra Dura Cross Pendant gold arts and crafts grab a bargain

grab a bargain

This is now sold

blister pearl

So a really good investment piece you can wear every day (and how many things do you buy

some of the enamel is slightly nibbled

Ashford Marble Pietra Dura Cross Pendant gold arts and crafts grab a bargainDescription: We think on balance that this is an Ashford marble piece rather than Italian pietra dura either way its beautifully made and just a lovely, tactile cross. Pietra dura (hard stone in italian) describes the technique of setting different coloured hardstones into Belgian slate to create a picture, most of this work was done in Florence but there was a cottage industry in the UK in Ashford, Derbyshire where this type of work was done. Age: