A French 14k gold brooch with an agate cameo. - image-1

Lot 305 Dα

A French 14k gold brooch with an agate cameo.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 700 €

A French 14k gold brooch with an agate cameo.

The oval sardonyx cameo (ca. 23 x 17 mm) with a portrait of a warrior, possibly Hannibal or Phyrrus. H 2.9 cm. Weight 10.1 g.
2nd half 19th C.

Provenance

Private collection, English.

Literature

Cf.: Berges, Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxville-Sommerville, Rahden 2011, no. 190, 191.