Carved Large Gilded Tassel (M264) 18th Century The gold leaf on the

The gold leaf on the tourmaline in matrix coordinates with the original gold leaf on the fragment artifact

The 'petals' fan open in radiating flattened crystal clusters

The 18th century Italian

to the Italian storehouse

18th century Italian gold sunray fragment with tangerine crystal quartz points on a polished optical calcite base

Carved Large Gilded Tassel (M264) 18th Century The gold leaf on the18th century gilded and hand carved Italian tassel. The tassel originally came from a historical Italian church and was used with other sets of tassels to adorn elements of a church during feast days. It is hand carved and hand painted. It can be used to adorn chandeliers or even used as another decorative element or holiday ornament to recreate a Rococo style Christmas. Size: 16" long x 2. 5" wide