An 18k gold shell cameo brooch "Doves of Pliny" - image-1

Lot 87 Dα

An 18k gold shell cameo brooch "Doves of Pliny"

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
14.05.2018, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €

An 18k gold shell cameo brooch "Doves of Pliny"

Shell cameo carved after the famous Roman moasic in a finely chased Louis XVI style frame. Stamped: Italian fineness 750, engraved "I. Sordi Incisore". 4 x 7.5 cm. Weight 28 g.
Italy, 2nd half 19th C., carving by I. Sordi.