Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame Edwardian (1901-1914)

Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame Edwardian (1901-1914)This exquisite antique brooch is set with a wonderful, high relief cameo hand carved from a bull mouth shell. It depicts the god of wine and fertility Bacchus who is seen here drinking from a wine cup, with a leopard pelt and long staff topped with a pinecone known as a thyrsus. The cameo has been preserved from the mid Victorian era when Roman style Cameos were highly sought after. They often depicted Goddesses and characters from mythology and

50ct each – 6

WEIGHT: 201

STONES: Turquoise/ Pearls (approx

STONES: Paste (approx

MARKS: Birmingham Hallmarks

ITEM NUMBER: 23-638

It depicts the side profile of a man with a leafy wreath around his head

loop) x Width 20mm x Depth 6mm

A striking pair of Georgian style earrings built around two large cushion cut paste stones with open cullets and expertly cut facets that simulate 5ct diamonds

MEASURE: Height 75mm (80mm inc

An extravagant pair of antique Edwardian drop earrings from the early 20th Century featuring two large dishes decorated with glistening paste stones expertly cut to simulate the beauty and sparkle of old cut and oval cut diamonds

A collectable antique Edwardian vesta case heart pendant fully hallmarked and dated Birmingham - 1908