{"product_id":"dalmation-stone-english-italian-hand","title":"Minerals - Dalmation Stone - English Italian Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDalmatian Stone is a form of Jasper (aka chalcedony), which is essentially an opaque form of quartz. Jasper occurs in a wide variety of beautiful colors \u0026amp; patterns, so is popular in jewelry craft. I don't think one need comment on how Dalmatian Stone gets its name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2 most interesting features of this example of English-Italian Hand are probably the cap long-S and the bisecting flourish between the n \u0026amp; S. Flourishes are almost always done in the area surrounding the line of words like a nimbus. But in old styles of flourishing they were sometimes also done between words as in this example.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~2012, Don Marsh~\u003cbr\u003e©2012 Don Marsh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42417876828254,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/7828\/2846\/files\/Dalmation_Stone__2012_Don_Marsh_a5666269-3e6f-4b9a-9ae0-48b4a6a0c094.jpg?v=1769216832","url":"https:\/\/donmarsharchive.com\/products\/dalmation-stone-english-italian-hand","provider":"Don Marsh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}