Georgian Baccante Lava Cameo Brooch jack in a box It's crafted in high carat

It's crafted in high carat yellow gold

made around 1910

evidence of an old repair to one shoulder

Couldn't make it up

The sapphires are a striking

Georgian Baccante Lava Cameo Brooch jack in a box It's crafted in high caratDATE: Georgian, c. 1820 A cool Georgian lava cameo brooch dating from the early 19th century, circa 1820. The subject is a Baccante with characteristic ivy leaves worn in the hair (also confirmed by an inscription on the back of the cameo). Carved from a single piece of gray green Mount Vesuvius lava, it will have been brought back by a Grand Tourer to commemorate (presumably suitably hedonistic) time spent in Rome. The detail is excellent, carved in