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What is this pendant made of?

Encased flowers.  Very small, a bit bigger than a dime.  Anyone know how this was made?  Thank you for any direction.

 

Front sideFront sideBack sideBack sideLooks like 800 and some letters?Looks like 800 and some letters?

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Do you see Italy on the metal?

 

Diane

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Finally found my best loupe.  I can see 800, a star, then 588 and VI all on the clasp.  I have a couple of Italian micro mini mosaic pins but this is a bit different.  The white flowers look like gathered up cupcake holder papers and the blue and green flowers are more of a solid, if that makes any sense.  The front is flat and the back side rounds slightly out.

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These may be glass canes that form the design. You may want to research millefleuri glass.

 

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That's what it is.  Wiki shows a pendant with a similar pattern.  The technique is very interesting and I plan to do some more reading about it.  It's amazing what an artist can do with glass.  Bonus: I have a long necklace that I think is millefiori beads.  You just solved two mystery pieces for me.  Thank you, thank you.....

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You are so welcome! Beautiful aren't they!

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800 is the Silver content 800 /1000. The other is a modern Italian Hallmark.

 

Here is information on the Hallmark:

 

http://www.925-1000.com/forum/search.php?keywords=588+VI&t=27003&sf=msgonly&sid=56dcea68eaaed273ea7d...

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Thank you OCN.  I do use that site but all the information makes my head hurt.   I truly appreciate you taking time to pinpoint the hallmark! 

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I found a forum topic a while back that has a large number (not every one) of Italian Hallmarks listed. Sometimes I get lucky and what someone is looking for is included 🙂

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The VI indicates the City, in your case of VI, that means Vicenza which is the Veneto (Venetian) region of Italy. 

 

Sonia

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Those could well be Murano glass millifiori (thousand flowers) from Venice.  I bought pendants like that in Venice when I went to Italy with my mom.

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