True Florentine mosaic, of fine design and good taste, was in profusion from Tuscany and St. Petersburg.
A
jewel-case belonging to the Empress of Russia, was particularly worthy
of notice : it was constructed of wood, having the four sides and top
covered with groups of fruit cut in pietra dura, in a style
which may be called cameo-mosaic in rather high relief; the stones were
so selected as to afford perfect fac-similes, in color, size, and even
in internal structure, of the fruit they represented, which were
currants, pears, and plums, and the whole work was exquisitely
finished.
The King of Sweden sent to the London Exhibition,
