A Victorian shell cameo depicting Aurora

the horizontal cameo depicting the winged goddess in flimsy draperies, scattering fruits and foliage, flying across the night with the genius of light - a winged putto bearing a flaming torch on her back - to bring the dawn; in an open mount designed as a tubular branch with a realistically moulded leaf at each cardinal point, the stem of the lower one twisting around the cut end of the branch, unmarked yellow metal tests for 18ct gold, width and height of mount 6.0 x 6.1cm, period leather case