A 12k gold brooch with a shell cameo - image-1

Lot 83 Dα

A 12k gold brooch with a shell cameo

Auction 1116 - overview Cologne
15.11.2018, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 950 € - 1.200 €

A 12k gold brooch with a shell cameo

Large oval shell cameo carved with a depiction of a maenad in a fluttering cloak feeding Zeus, who perches on an altar in the guise of an eagle. In a fine Neoclassical repoussé frame. Can also be worn as a pendant. 6.5 cm, weight 29.6 cm.
Probably England, circa 1870.