Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame

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This exquisite antique brooch is set with a wonderful, high relief cameo hand carved from a bull mouth shell. It depicts the god of wine and fertility Bacchus who is seen here drinking from a wine cup, with a leopard pelt and long staff topped with a pinecone known as a thyrsus.

The cameo has been preserved from the mid Victorian era when Roman style Cameos were highly sought after. They often depicted Goddesses and characters from mythology and became a favourite of Queen Victoria also. 

It’s been framed in a twisted, pinchbeck frame depicting grapevines with engraved leaves at each compass point. It’s in excellent condition and a wonderful work of art.

Weighs: 21.8 grams

Measures: 2 ¼ inches across x 2 ½ inches down x depth 11mm

Age: Victorian. (Circa 1850 – 1870)

Condition: Excellent

ITEM NUMBER: 8462

Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame
Antique Victorian Bacchus Shell Cameo Brooch Pinchbeck Frame

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