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Fabulous Blue Cameo, Vendor of Cupids Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 735866 (stock# JDMCAM )
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Fabulous blue mid 19th century cameo, depicting the Cupid Vendor, after a fresco in Pompeii. The vendor is lifting a cupid from a cage, and offering the love token to her female customer. The cameo is a startling blue, probably a lava and composite mix. Beautiful beaded setting. Some dirt and chips to edges of cameo and losses to beading. Measures 1 5/8” by 1 1/2”.

Victorian Tortoise Shell Brooch, Fly Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 735862 (stock# JEZA144)
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Super 19th century tortoise shell brooch, featuring that classic Victorian insect, the fly. Victorians were wild about animals and insects; flies were a common theme. Excellent condition. Measures 2 1/4” by 1 3/8”.

Battersea Enamel Earrings, Cherubs Conducting Music Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Pre Victorian: Pre 1837 VR item# 735858 (stock# JEFMH)
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Beautiful early Battersea enamel earrings, depicting cherubs conducting music with a baton. Each cherub is a little different; they’re in great condition. Probably converted to earrings at one time (there’s solder on the backs); may have originally been buttons. Rope twist border. Measure 1 1/4” from the top of the wire.

Mourning Miniature on Ivory Brooch, Hair Landscape Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 735855 (stock# JGV2145)
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Very pretty mourning miniature on ivory, featuring a landscape in watercolor and hair, probably German or Swiss. The scene is a cemetery; a tomb -- with an anchor leaning against it – reads “Erinnerang” (in memory of). The trees and grass are delicately formed of hair. Very good condition. Measures 1 3/4” by 1 3/8”.

Unusual Victorian Sentimental Brooch, Greyhound, Hair Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 735840 (stock# JHR)
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An unusual, beautiful piece of early Victorian sentimental jewelry, featuring a greyhound (probably made of sulfide) laid over woven hair and set into a traditional mourning-style broach. Inscribed on the reverse: “Mr C J Lewis/from Eleanor/December 1845” (the middle initial may be an “I” or a “T”). Very good condition; some wear to greyhound, chipto upper left corner of glass, and old repair to c clasp. Measures 1 1/16” by 7/8”.

Micro Mosaic Rosary Case, Cross and Flowers Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Edwardian: Pre 1930 item# 725156 (stock# JRO1)
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Interesting mosaic rosary case in gun metal, featuring a cross and floral swag and suspended by a chain and finger ring. Good condition; some wear to case. Measures 4 1/8” long.

Adorable Antique Brooch, Rabbit Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Edwardian: Pre 1920 item# 725153 (stock# JPH2)
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Adorable Victorian or Edwardian mixed metal brooch, featuring a rabbit hopping along a branch, surrounded by a wreath of flowers with red centers. Very good condition. C clasp reverse. Measures 1 1/2”.

Gorgeous Victorian White Lava Cameo Brooch, Bacchante Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 725150 (stock# JBRL)
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Gorgeous Victorian white lava cameo brooch, featuring a Bacchante, a priestess of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, set in a gold frame. Pompeii was a popular destination for Victorian travelers, and many brought back lava souvenirs. This cameo is beautifully carved, with leaves and grapes twined into the Bacchante’s hair. Condition is excellent; some old repairs to reverse. Measures 1 1/2” high by 1 1/4” wide.

Victorian Gold Etruscan Set, Brooch and Earrings Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1900 item# 482119 (stock# JNS05A)
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Wonderful Victorian gold Etruscan style set, featuring a brooch and earrings. Victorians had a mania for things Italian, and were keenly interested in the discovery of ancient jewels in Tuscany which incorporated applied beadwork and twisted wirework. The Victorians used those motifs in the jewelry of the second half on the 19th century. This elegant set is formed in that style. Very good condition. The brooch measures 2 5/16; the earrings are 1 1/4” from the top of the wire.

Rare Pair of 18th C Mourning Rings, Father and Son Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Pre Victorian: Pre 1800 item# 482103 (stock# JD105)
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Rare pair of 18th century rings, mourning the deaths of a father and son. Both were John Cobdens; the son died first in 1778 at the age of 11. His ring features a sepia and hair on ivory picture depicting an urn and a willow tree. The white enamel band, symbolizing a youth or unmarried person, is inscribed “John Cobden ob 11 Sep 1778 ae 11.” The father’s ring features a glazed compartment of plaited brown hair, the band enameled in black and inscribed “John Cobden ob 6 Feb 1780 ae 41.” Bot ...click for details

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