Antique Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Marble Picture Cavalier Musketeer 1880 Mid-Century Modern A fine and important late

A fine and important late 15th century Mamluk period inlaid pen box (Qalamdan)

Robert Strickland Thomas entered the Royal Navy as a seaman aboard the ‘Princess Charlotte’ frigate in 1805

draftsman & designer of tapestries

the first recorded customer was the Elizabethan Countess

Prague) was a Silesian painter

Antique Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Marble Picture Cavalier Musketeer 1880 Mid-Century Modern A fine and important lateA fine antique Italian Pietra Dura Grand Tour marquetry stone picture panel, circa 1870. This very attractive plaque depicts a cavalier standing and taking a drink from a canteen, the figure is finely inlaid on a black marble background and is made up of semi precious stones. The figure represents a 17th century cavalier or musketeer, each part of the portrait and the cavalier's outfit is made up of semi precious stones inlaid by the process of