A 19th century shell cameo brooch and pair of earrings, the oval...
A 19th century shell cameo brooch and pair of earrings, the oval brooch carved to depict a bacchante with fruiting vines to her hair and robe, together with a pair of ear pendants each depicting the profile of Athena (Minerva) beneath the sun, her helmet adorned with an olive branch, gold mounted, to screw back fittings, with case, the silk signed ‘Shapland Jewels and Antiques, London’, brooch length 46mm.
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A 19th century shell cameo brooch and pair of earrings, the oval brooch carved to depict a bacchante with fruiting vines to her hair and robe, together with a pair of ear pendants each depicting the profile of Athena (Minerva) beneath the sun, her helmet adorned with an olive branch, gold mounted, to screw back fittings, with case, the silk signed ‘Shapland Jewels and Antiques, London’, brooch length 46mm.
£500-£700
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