An 18k gold round Archaeological Revival pendant with the text VITA TIBI: Life is Yours on the border, and a fine micro mosaic in Byzantine style of a white dove graced a with a halo and outlined in gold on a light blue background, signed on the back with the double CC monogram for Fortunato Pio Castellani, circa 1860.
weight: 14.01 g dimensions: 35 x 35 x 7 mm
pendant with eye: 47 mm

Literature: Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, Suan Weber Soros and Stephanie Walker, Yale University Press, 2004, p. 246, Plate 9-39. “A Christian Brooch, representing the dove, after an original from the catacombs of Rome.”