Art Deco Chrysocolla Earrings italian some wear to the face

some wear to the face commensurate with age and use

There's also a series of three photographs depicting a nude woman holding a skull

It dates from the 1940s

this is a top-tier example of its kind

and was made in the year 1876

Art Deco Chrysocolla Earrings italian some wear to the faceDATE: With vivid colours akin to Persian turquoise and lapis lazuli, these striking earrings feature carved chrysocolla a minor ore of copper, its name translated from the ancient Greek for "gold" and "glue", alluding to the name of the material first used to solder gold by Theophrastus in 315 BC. Prior to 2006 it was considered to be a hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral, however further spectrographic study indicates it may be a mixture of copper