High-tech Lovely Bridal Cameo Portrait in Fine Gold Frame with Engraved Details

The simple engraved bezel setting of this antique cameo is the perfect frame for the ornate carving of the shell. This portrait seems to be a young woman, with a wing in her hair and feathers on her clothes. The coloring of the carved shell, with darker orange areas, gives the cameo beautiful dimension and interest.

This can be worn as a pin or a pendant.

Cameo is the art of carving a layered material, creating a portrait or landscape with the difference in the colors. While traditionally done in shell, banded onyx has been used in cameo work - particularly in Greece and Italy - for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.

Metal: 10k Yellow Gold
Cameo: Natural Shell, likely conch.
Cameo Size: 30mm x 23 mm
Pendant Size: 36 mm x 28 mm
Marks: "10K" on Clasping System
Time Period: 1910s