Lava cameos and gold set within box
Magnificent lava cameos set mounted in rope twist revivalist gold setting composed by a bracelet with six high relief carved cameos representing cherubs with animals, a large brooch carved with the rarest subject of Medusa and a pair of earrings with female profiles.
The bracelet length cm 20 x 3.5 or 7.9” x 1.4” - the Medusa brooch cm 6.6 x 5.4 or 2.6” x 2.1”
Naples, Kingdom of Naples and Two Sicilies, second half of the 19th century, 1860s.
Housed in the original domed case with label, retailed by the Belgian jeweller Heinrich Steenaerts (1822-1906).
Excellent conditions commensurate with age and use.
Magnificent lava cameos set mounted in rope twist revivalist gold setting composed by a bracelet with six high relief carved cameos representing cherubs with animals, a large brooch carved with the rarest subject of Medusa and a pair of earrings with female profiles.
The bracelet length cm 20 x 3.5 or 7.9” x 1.4” - the Medusa brooch cm 6.6 x 5.4 or 2.6” x 2.1”
Naples, Kingdom of Naples and Two Sicilies, second half of the 19th century, 1860s.
Housed in the original domed case with label, retailed by the Belgian jeweller Heinrich Steenaerts (1822-1906).
Excellent conditions commensurate with age and use.
Magnificent lava cameos set mounted in rope twist revivalist gold setting composed by a bracelet with six high relief carved cameos representing cherubs with animals, a large brooch carved with the rarest subject of Medusa and a pair of earrings with female profiles.
The bracelet length cm 20 x 3.5 or 7.9” x 1.4” - the Medusa brooch cm 6.6 x 5.4 or 2.6” x 2.1”
Naples, Kingdom of Naples and Two Sicilies, second half of the 19th century, 1860s.
Housed in the original domed case with label, retailed by the Belgian jeweller Heinrich Steenaerts (1822-1906).
Excellent conditions commensurate with age and use.
