GUEST: It's a piece that my ex-husband gave me, probably about 40 years ago, and I don't know much about it.
APPRAISER: This what we call micromosaic.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: They're little pieces of glass that are all inset into the body of the brooch. This piece would date about 1870. It's 18-karat gold. And the piece would have been made in Rome, out of the Vatican workshops. This is tourist jewelry for the era. There's a number of motifs going on here. You've got the pax, which is a religious symbolism from Christianity. The two bees here, this is the symbol of the resurrection. We've got wonderful foliate motif. It really is just a lovely, lovely piece. This type of jewelry a number of years ago was extremely collectible. And the prices have come down a little bit, but even in today's market, if this came up to auction, I would expect this piece to bring somewhere between $3,000 and $5,000.
GUEST: Oh, that's wonderful.
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: Absolutely wonderful. Well, thank you very much.
APPRAISER: You're welcome.
GUEST: I appreciate it.
