Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A collection of brooches, comprising an oval ‘lava’ cameo brooch relief carved to depict Bacchus,/Dionysus, God of Wine, wearing a pelt, an oval shell cameo brooch carved to depict Hera/Juno, Queen of Olympus, a further shell cameo brooch depicting a lion, 9ct gold mounted and an oval Derbyshire Ashford marble set brooch, first length 53mm. (4) £300-£400

See: 19th century Cameos by Michele Rowan, page 20, for similar example of the second brooch.