ITALIE, XIXème SIÈCLE Black marble plaque decorated with micro-mosaics representing in the center the doves of Pliny, and in four medallions views of the Roman Forum, the Pantheon, the Tholos and the Colosseum of Rome. Can form paperweight. Souvenir of the Grand Tour. 12 x 17 cm. Some scratches, chips and small flakes; stains. In a rectangular box with cut corners in wood lined with black paper (wear, some missing and bumps). The motif with the doves of Pliny is a reproduction of a mosaic from the Villa Hadriana in Tivoli, copied from an original of the 2nd century BC.