A historicist 18k red gold cameo brooch. - image-1
A historicist 18k red gold cameo brooch. - image-2
A historicist 18k red gold cameo brooch. - image-1A historicist 18k red gold cameo brooch. - image-2

Lot 75 Dα

A historicist 18k red gold cameo brooch.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
12.11.2015, 17:00 - Jewellery and Boxes
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.200 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

A historicist 18k red gold cameo brooch.

The sardonyx cameo finely carved with a portrait of a Renaissance lady, presumably representing Maria de Medici as Queen of France. The frame set with 60 rose-cut diamonds and suspending a pearl (diameter 5.5 mm). The reverse glazed. Can be worn as a pendant, the brooch mountings removable. Unidentified maker's mark. Total H 6 cm. Weight 25.8 cm.
France, ca. 1885/90.