AN ITALIAN SILVER MOUNTED HANDPAINTED BROOCH

c. 1870, the circular 800 silver brooch with a rope coil and bead edge forming a frame for a finely hand painted study of the head of God, after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco 'The Creation of Adam', suspensory loop and pin hinge verso, stamped "800" in two places, 4.75cm diameter