LARGE PLAQUE IN COMMITTED MARBLE, FLORENCE, XIX CENTURY centred by a composition depicting still life with vase, jug, shells and coral within a lapis lazuli reserve, carved and gilded wooden frame; minor defects, little wear and tear The plaque, 49.5X69.5 cm The frame, cm 67X86 (the light, cm 48X67) A FLORENCE LARGE SPECIMEN MARBLE PLAQUE, 19TH CENTURY; MINOR DEFECTS, FEW WEARS Reference bibliography A. Maria Massinelli, Hardstones, The Gilbert Collection, London 2000, pp. 97, 109-110 A. M. Giusti, Dagli splendori di corte al lusso borghese. L'Opificio delle pietre dure nell'Italia unita, exhibition catalogue edited by, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, May ; September 2011, Livorno 2011, pp. 84, 196 A. M. Massinelli, Pittura di pietra. Il Mosaico fiorentino contemporaneo, Florence 2014, pp. 44-45, 60 A. M. Giusti, La fabbrica delle meraviglie, edited by, Florence 2015, p. 72