Cameos

Age: Thought to be Victorian but difficult to be certain without frame to assist with dating

Approx Size: 0.75 inch high

Condition:
Excellent

 A well carved victorian cameo of a bacchanalian is central to this brooch .The frame is made of 9 carat gold ( impressed 9ct ) and there is also the makers mark C & F LD. The brooch is in excellent condition and measures about 3.5 cms high

 A super hand carved cameo brooch featuring a classical lady looking to the right. She is carved from shell, this type of cameo was made in Italy. It is set into a 9 carat gold frame which is impressed as 9ct on the reverse. This victorian cameo brooch is in excellent condition and measures about 4 cms long

A lovely antique victorian cameo stick pin made of pinchbeck and set with a hand carved shell cameo depicting a classical lady. This cameo will date from circa 1860s and measures about 7.2 cm long with the top measuring about 2.5 cms. This stick pin is in excellent antique condition. 

 A lovely antique victorian cameo stick pin made of pinchbeck and set with a hand carved shell cameo depicting a classical lady. This cameo will date from circa 1860s and measures about 7.2 cm long with the top measuring about 2.5 cms. This stick pin is in excellent antique condition.

 Here is a wonderful old antique lava cameo bracelet set with 9 cameos depicting classical figures - note how all the cameos on the left of the bracelet face right and those on the right of the bracelet face left. The bracelet measures about 17 cms long and is 1.5 cms wide. The setting is silver. The lava cameos in this bracelet are all in excellent condition.

 This antique Victorian cameo brooch features Aurora Goddess of the Dawn accompanied by the Genius of light.
Aurora rises every morning just before the sun and crosses the sky spreading flowers as she goes. She is accompanied by the Genius of light, the torch bearer.
This lovely cameo was hand carved in shell and is set into a gold tone frame. There are no lines in the cameo of any sort. The reverse of the frame only shows signs of minor old repairs.
This brooch measures about 6 x 4.7 cms and dates from the mid victorian era

 This pretty lady cameo has been hand carved into shell and set into a metal mount as a brooch. She is  a vintage cameo dating from circa 1940s - the metal frame is quite dull with the cameo being in excellent clear condition. This vintage cameo brooch measures about 3.5 cms long

 Here is a very unusual cameo brooch dating from the victorian era. It is in the form of a classical lady who has been hand carved out of white marble. This is set into a heavy gold plated frame which fastens with a simple C catch.
The antique brooch measures about 3.3 cms wide.

 This antique brooch cameo depicts diana the huntress - She has been carved from shell and sites in a 9 carat gold frame (impressed 9ct gold on the reverse). This brooch is victorian : it fastens with a c catch and has an extended pin stem. The brooch measures about 4.8 x 3.8 cms. There is an attached  safety chain

 Here is asclepius depicted in a hand carved shell cameo and set in to an ornate pinchbeck frame. This brooch is early victorian.
Asclepius was the son of Apollo and the God of Medicine - what an excellent present for a Doctor, nurse or carer.
This cameo brooch measures about 3.5 x 2.9 cms . It fastens with a  simple C catch

 This cameo brooch has been hand carved from shell and mounted into a gold toned frame. The lady is wearing a floral corsage . The brooch measures about 4 cms long and is in very wearable excellent condition

 This is a genuine Victorian wedgwood blue jasper dip plaque brooch. The pottery is impressed "WEDGWOOD" and shows as white on the reverse. This antique brooch is sprigged with a classical scene. It measures about 3.5 cms diameter.
These antique Wedgwood jasper brooches are very collectable and becoming much more difficult to find

 This vintage cameo ring is made of nine carat gold and is fully hallmarked for Chester 1916. This ring is set with a shell cameo which has become wonderfully smooth over time. The gold is a warm colour and overall this ring has a true antique appearance.

Ring Size UK Q, USA 8.25
Weight - approx 2.7 grams
Head measures about 1.7 cms long

 An antique cameo brooch which has been hand carved from Queen conch shell. This differs from the more usual cameo as the queen conch is a pink and white colour. This cameo has been set into a metal frame.  This antique cameo brooch dates from the mid to later victorian era. It measures about 4 cms long

 Antique lava cameo brooch

here is a lava cameo brooch dating from the Victorian era. This has been carved from volcanic lava in Italy and will date from the mid Victorian era. The brooch measures about 2.2 cms long.
The cameo is in excellent condition, there is a little wear to the frame but is is still very wearable as a brooch

 Antique cameo brooch child drawing victorian jewellery

A really lovely piece of antique victorian cameo jewellery. This cameo brooch is hand carved from shell and set into a gold plated frame. The carving would have been done in Italy and is of very fine quality although there is a short crack right at the very edge close up by the frame hence the reasonable price for  such a wonderful piece of jewellery.

This brooch measures about 5.5 cms long and 5.3 cms wide.

 Lava Cameos are much rarer than the more usual shell cameos. Here is a Victorian lava cameo brooch which has been carved as a bacchanalia. This Lava Cameo is set into a gold plated frame. The cameo its self is carved in high relief with lots of detail. This antique brooch measures about 3.3 cms long and fastens on the back with a simple C catch.

 Antique Jewellery. Here is a pair of amazing Victorian cameo earrings Each earring is set with two cameos, the larger one suspended beneath the smaller. The frames are silver tone. Each cameo earring measures about 4 cms long plus the ear wire. This pair of antique Victorian earrings will date from the later 1800s.