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Amethyst Cameo Brooch Pendant Late 19th Century

Antique Cameos — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 09:46:29 +0000

Amethyst cameo brooch/pendant, late 19th century and later mount.

Set with an amethyst carved in relief with the face of Medusa, within a later mount naturalistically modelled as snakes, later brooch fitting with French import assay mark.

Sold for 11,875 GBP at Sotheby’s

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Cameo Pendant Brooch Scalloped Framed

Antique Cameos — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 09:18:12 +0000

Cameo Pendant Brooch Scalloped Framed.

Scalloped, brushed gold plated frame, with pin back & a small loop for hanging as a pendant. Gorgeous dark golden brown shell. 1 1/8″ X 1 1/2″.

Sold for $120 at Connoisseur Auctions

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18KT Yellow Gold Cameo Pin/Pendant with Chain

Antique Cameos — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:10:54 +0000

18KT yellow gold Cameo Pin/Pendant weighing 24.6 grams. The pin/pendant has a twisted rope motif frame.

Sold for $1,300 at BK Auctions

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Victorian shell cameo brooch, circa 1880

Antique Cameos — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:39:55 +0000

Victorian Shell Cameo Brooch circa 1880. A Victorian shell cameo brooch, circa 1880, the oval panel carved with the relief of Diana with bow in hand after releasing an arrow, above a hound leaping from a clouded ground, in a gold scrolled setting, 6.4cm long
Sold for £320 at Dreweatts Donnington Priory

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A moonstone and diamond cameo brooch, circa 1900

Antique Cameos — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 08:36:48 +0000

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.

A moonstone and diamond cameo brooch, circa 1900, the oval moonstone carved to depict Apollo with his lyre and laurel wreath, within a surround of old brilliant-cut diamonds, diamonds approx. 2.10cts total, length 3.3cm. Sold for 43,750 GBP at Sothebys

Apollo was worshipped throughout the Roman Empire. In the traditionally Celtic lands he was most often seen as a healing and sun god. He was often equated with Celtic gods of similar character.

Moonstone has been used in jewelry for millenia, including ancient civilizations. The Romans admired moonstone, as they believed it was born from solidified rays of the moon. Both the Romans and Greeks associated Moonstone with their lunar deities. In more recent history, the moonstone became popular during the Art Nouveau period; French goldsmith René Lalique and many others created a large quantity of jewelry using this stone.

The moonstone derives it’s name from a visual effect, or sheen, caused by light diffraction within a micro-structure consisting of a regular succession of feldspar layers. The most common moonstone is of the mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. The plagioclase feldspar oligoclase also produces moonstone specimens. Moonstone is feldspar with a pearly and opalescent schiller. An alternative name is hecatolite. Reference Wikipedia

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