Antique Italian Carved Shell Cameo Medusa Gorgon Brooch

Circa 1880 A Renaissance style large 18K matte gold brooch is centered with a carved agate cameo of a profile female bust framed by numerous rose ...

made in Moscow between 1899 and 1908 The 14K gold brooch is designed as a stylized branch with a hanging bezel-set amethyst and accented with a green demantoid garnet. The amet...

Vienna, Austria, circa 1950 The brooch is finely modeled as a pair of gold berries with three carved nephrite jade leaves attached to a white and yellow gold branch accented with old...

Austria, Vienna, circa 1880 An antique giardinetto (little garden) brooch / pendant – the diamond basket with ruby handles is holding a ruby and diamond flower, handcrafted in silver and 14K yellow gold. The pin is detachable. Marked with letter ‘A’ for Vienna on the loop of the screw. Estimated total ruby weight is 1.50 ct. Approximate total diamond weight is 2.10 ct. The diamonds (mostly old European cut stones...

Antique shell cameo of very fine manufacture and particular subject depicting a classical male bust, with delicate gold setting. From the beginning of ...

Vintage shell cameo brooch, meticulously hand-carved from Italian cornelian shell. This exquisite piece showcases intricate craftsmanship wi...

Antique 14 Karat Carved Shell Cameo Brooch Pendant with engraved filigree around octagon bezel. Portrait of an Apache with grapes and leaves ...

Large and Exquisite Etruscan Revival pale pink hand carved conch shell cameo of Medusa, American, 1875. Set in 14K yellow gold with an acid finish or "bloom" so that the gold color is a rich but soft finish (not highly polished) which appears to be a high, 20 or 22, karat gold. This brooch/pendant is a vertical oval (denoting the 2nd half of the 19th century) measures 3-1/16 inches tall, by 2-1/8th inches wide without the 5/8 inch long pendant bale. Though unsigned or hallmarked the craftsmanship associated with the gold work in the Etruscan Revival style is nothing short of exceptional from the stylized wing and snake motifs to the perfectly shaped and spaced tiny spherical gold granulation. And, as for the carving of the pink shell cameo...