Custom Made 10K Yellow Gold Antique Cameo Brooch with Seed Pearls

This vintage cameo was custom made in yellow gold. It features an oval shaped shell cameo with a peach-coloured background and cream colour top depicting a lady's profile (shoulders up), with flowers in her hair and on her shoulder and pearls around her neck. The intricate frame first wraps around the cameo and increases and decreases in width to accommodate the shape of the cameo. A fancy leaf design decorates the frame at the top, bottom and both sides and a twisted rope surrounds the entire perimeter. Between the bezel and frame is a continuous strand of seed pearls that are anchored into place by the leaf motifs and small wire bands. 

Shell cameos, relatively new in the history of cameos, became popular six- to seven-hundred years ago during the Renaissance but the height of their popularity occurred during the Victorian era. Victorians, especially British Victorians, were enamored of Italy and all things Italian including cameos. Cameos enjoyed the greatest popularity during the Roman era, the Renaissance and the 19th century.

• 10K yellow gold
• (1) oval shaped shell cameo (5.70cm x 4.30cm)
• (118) seed pearls (1.50mm to 1.70mm)
• Average total gram weight: 24.1 
• Measures approximately 6cm from top to bottom and 4.8cm across
• Appraisal included

All items in the Estate Originals Collection are estate pieces created in years gone by. Although this item is in excellent condition, it could have some signs of its age and past enjoyment. The images shown are of the exact item you will receive.