Ashford Marble Pietra Dura Cross Pendant gold arts and crafts some of the enamel is

some of the enamel is slightly nibbled

This is now sold

the pearl has some slight crazing and blemishes but only when viewed under magnification

the claws are beautifully done

amethyst and garnet

Ashford Marble Pietra Dura Cross Pendant gold arts and crafts some of the enamel isDescription: 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: