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Quirky novelties were fashionable in jewellery at the time. The designer has miniaturised the ewer form and decorated it with brightly coloured mosaic.\r\n\r\nThe term 'micromosaic' is used to describe mosaics made of the smallest glass pieces. Some micromosaics contain more than 5000 pieces per square inch. The earliest attempts at micromosaic revealed visible joins between the pieces (known as tesserae) and a lack of perspective. Later artists such as Antonio Aguatti made huge advances in micromosaic technique, resulting in renderings that were truer to life. Glass micromosaic technique developed in the 18th century, in the Vatican Mosaic Workshop in Rome, where they still undertake restoration work today. \r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"A pair of earrings in the shape of an urn with a scroll handle decorated with rosettes. The body of the urn is decorated with a band of heart-shaped <i>cannetille</i> below a band of pearls, and the entire body is covered with colourful glass mosaic in floral and leaf motifs. 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Phillips Ltd, London, 1976\n\nHistorical significance: The pieces are decorated using ancient techniques, <I>cannetille</I> and glass mosaics. <I>Cannetille</I> is a decoration, sometimes in gold, on decorative objects consisting of wire twisted to form filigree-like scrolls and rosettes.","historicalContext":"This set is in an archaeological style of jewellery introduced by the Roman workshop Castellani in the nineteenth century.","briefDescription":"Earrings in shape of ewers. Micromosaic, gold and pearls, Rome, ca. 1870.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. <u>Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection</u>. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 187, p. 251. ISBN 0856675113."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schroder, Timothy, ed. <u>The Gilbert Collection at the V&A</u>. London (V&A Publishing) 2009, p. 78, plate 60. ISBN9781851775934"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"ewers","id":"AAT45666"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"7. Pendant and earrings in the shape of ewers\r\nAbout 1870\r\n\r\nThis pendant and earrings are not based on an exact ancient model, but are a freer interpretation of classical jewellery and ceramics found by archaeologists. The designer has miniaturised the ewer form and decorated it with brightly coloured mosaic works. 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