Antique Georgian Cut Steel Hair Pin Cupid's Arrow Eternal Love Symbol Horn

This charming hair ornament in the shape of an arrow was made out of silver in the 1820's. The arrow was associated with cupid and might have been a token of love.

This ia a extremely rare and wonderfully romantic piece of jewellery. It probably adorned an elegant hat or cloak. It is made out of sliver, partially gilt and set with fine pastes, the heart shaped...

This charming little cut steel hair pin has been hand crafted in the second quarter of the 19th century. It is made from facetted steel nails riveted onto a steel plate in the shape ...

This cut steel brooch is designed as a bouquet of leaves

Very rare early 18th century double headed stick pin carved out of sardonyx. The double sided carving is mounted in 14k gold and decorated with gold set turquoises. The pin is made o...

This finely chiselled and engraved Georgian 15 karat gold locket pendant holds a beautiful hair arrangement under glass in the shape of feathers. The two colour hair locks are held t...

Imagine this Early Victorian Cut Steel Hair in your hair, highlighting its natural beauty. The little bells move but do not jangle. Each cut steel ...

Four rows of intense sparkle shine from this hand made and hand faceted cut steel comb while another row of varied sizes and forms of steel delightfully drop below and dance with the movement of the wearer. One way to judge the age of cut steel jewelry...

Hark back to the days of the Great Gatsby with this luxurious hair pin. Set with approximately 5 Carats of white colorless diamonds and a gem quality green em...

Art Nouveau mistletoe leaves antique horn hair comb in excellent condition by Beaudouin. Width : 78 mm / 3.07 in Height : 60 mm / 2.36 in Depth : 6 m...

A fine Georgian hair art memorial or mourning stick pin. With braided hair behind glass in a gold setting and surrounded by seed pearls and garnets...

Cameo with Double Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici and Camella Martelli Cameo, Northern Italy, late 16th century; mount with pin 18th century and later Gold, onyx Weight 3.7 gr.; 14.88 mm. Two-layered onyx cameo (white on translucent pale brown) with jugate heads facing to the right looking upwards. The male head with short curly hair, beard and moustache wears a tunic draped around his neck and shoulders. The female head in the background has her hair tied back. They are cut in the white layer of the stone with translucent pale brown background. The cameo is convex on the reverse and open-set in a pendant with plain gold collet and rounded edges. A long gold pin is attached to the pendant loop and the opposite end has a section of coiled wire Literature: Portraits of Roman Emperors were popular and highly fashionable during the Renaissance period, rulers would often be portrayed like their ancient counterparts, also as a double portrait with spouse, or known as jugate heads. The individual features of the couple portrayed here suggest it could be a double portrait of Cosimo I de Medici (1519-1574) at a slightly older age and his second wife Camilla Martelli, Duchess Consort of Florence (1545-1590) whom he married in 1570. Bust sculptures of Cosimo de Medici in the Galleria Uffizi by Baccio Bandinelli...