Mid-19th Century Black Lava Cameo Bracelet

The oval cameo carved of white and black agate to depict a young maiden in three-quarters profile, with fine detailing to the flowing hair, jewelry and Empire style dress...

Period: 1860 ca. Provenance: Rome Italy Lenght: 18 cm x 34 cm Weight: 48,66 gr The bracelet dates to 1860 circa and is made up of six micromosaics set in 18-carat gold, depicting t...

Bracelet in 18K yellow gold 750 thousandths adorned with ten cameos on corallium rubrum with profiles of men and women in antique-style dress, all in chased closed setting, ratchet c...

Two oval lava cameos, in a rectangular plaque depicting on the left the dancer and on the right the musical putto, setting in archaeological style brooch. Dimension of the brooch : ...

Articulated bracelet in enameled gold. The bracelet is composed of five enamelled gold medallions each representing a woman wearing 18th century dress on both sides of a young man. These young people are presented in mid-eighteenth costumes on a countryside background whose design is influenced by the paintings of Pater or Boucher. The frame of the bracelet is in gold of several tones and is decorated with a floral decoration on amati gold background. Pearls connect...

This extremely rare suite consists of a of a bracelet and earrings and a brooch all from the 19th century. It is a lava cameo suite. These pieces are in very high relief and it is ...

Articulated bracelet in gold and enamel, accented with colored gemstones. The bracelet is composed of eleven oval, enamel medallions, each representing a woman wearing traditional dress from different Swiss cantons. The canton for each medallion is marked on its back: Zurich, Berne, Lucerne, Uri, Schvitz, Unterv, Zug, Glaris, Fribourg, Sollure, and Basle. Each medallion is framed with cannetille gold work, colored gemstones, and enamel beading. Palmettes enhance the top and base of each medallion. Weight: 2.2 oz (62 g) Length: 7.5 in (19 cm) with clasp Medaillon: 1.3 in (3.3 cm) Conserved in its red leather case. Restauration period. Circa 1830-1840. Poids : 62 gr. L : 19 cm. avec le fermoir...

Gold and enamel bracelet. The bracelet is composed of nine symmetrical medallions decorated with foliage and stylized flowers and accented with black and white enamel. The clasp is hidden by a rectangular medallion in enameled gold that features a landscape scene of a lakeside chateau with mountains in the background. The medallion is framed with stylized leaves in black, white, and green enamel. The landscape of the bracelet portrays the Chillon chateau in Switzerland, made famous during the Romantic period with Lord Byron’s poem written in 1816, The Prisoner of Chillon. Byron, during a voyage through Switzerland, was inspired by Jean Jacques Rousseau...