CAMEO WITH GOLD (9 KTS) FRAME; BROOCH. VICTORIAN ERA, CIRCA 1860.

Cameo with gold setting (9 kts); brooch. Victorian era, around 1860. Cameo with openwork die-cut gold mount (9 kts) decorated with a symmetrical composition based on opposing “ces”, simplified volutes and aventurated shapes in the equator of the piece (on both sides). The cameo itself, made in Cassius Cypraea (and therefore of the type known in the 19th century as a “coral”), presents a scene from classical mythology: on the left appears the Aurora, accompanied by a winged child with a torch (Phosphor , the morning star) and preceding the chariot of the Sun with four horses, which appears surrounded by the Hours and is driven by Apollo. Note the compositional and iconographic similarity between the scene and the fresco painted by Guido Reni between 1613 and 1614 in the Casino dell'Aurora Pallavicini (Rome, Italy), entitled “L'Aurora”, which, in addition, was often used as inspiration for works in different media throughout the 19th century. Weight: 20.29 gr.

· Size: 6,5x5,5x1 cms.