GUEST: I brought a bracelet, a pin, and a pair of earrings that I first saw 50 years ago, after my grandmother died.

All of the jewelry that was hers was laid out on a large meeting room table at the trust company, and my sister and I were agog at all the wonderful things.

The diamonds, the, the... Everything.

But it was up to my father to choose.

And he chose these.

At 20 years old, I was really disappointed.

(both laugh) GUEST: I wanted the diamonds, but these are so beautiful.

APPRAISER: What you have here are micromosaics.

Some of the most beautiful examples that I've ever seen, actually, in my career.

And it's not just one piece, it's three pieces that go together: a brooch, earrings, and a bracelet, which together form what you might call a parure.

So, we started to look at it more carefully, and realized that not only was it a great example of micromosaic work, it had hallmarks on it that indicated that it was from Rome.

It had the Papal State marks, with the St.

Peter's crossed keys.

GUEST: Oh, cool!

APPRAISER: Um, which place it around 1840, 1850.

What you have in that era is a confluence of a number of things going on.

This was before Italy was consolidated.

Rome was an independent state.

It was the era of the Grand Tour, when Europeans and English and Americans would make the big tour of Europe.

Italy was already known for great micromosaics, but there was a great output in that era in order to feed the souvenir market.

They came in all levels of quality.

But these are among the best pieces of jewelry of that type that I have seen.

Micromosaics... GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: ...are made of tiny little pieces of glass.

GUEST: Exactly.

APPRAISER: There's a lot of very detailed handiwork... GUEST: Absolutely.

APPRAISER: ...involved in creating these.

You've got really beautiful floral designs here.

You've got two doves mounted in 18-karat gold.

We had a lively discussion among the appraisers, because e, everyone was im, impressed by these pieces.

We're thinking that a retail price for these could be $28,000, $32,000, in that range.

GUEST: Holy cow.

Wow.

Increase my insurance, yes?

(both laugh) GUEST: That's wonderful.

Maybe I'll wear 'em now.

(both laugh)