A5 18th Century Black polished abalone shell on

Black polished abalone shell on obsidian with baroque pearls

and graphite

black irritated quartz

and amethyst was used to adorn the richest and most powerful monarchs and rulers

Fossilized marine life makes up parts of the shell cluster's matrix

A5 18th Century Black polished abalone shell on18th century Italian spolvero 'cherubs' pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique scroll frame. Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a print to the prepared surface of a canvas, panel, or wall. Holes are punched along the outlines of the original design followed by "pouncing" which is the application of powdered pigments that leaves a series of dots to create the tracing for the piece. This is then placed over the