AVT8898 Exceptional quality cameo/pendant, circa 1870

A hard stone cameo of exceptional quality, depicting a Bacchante (female follower of the Roman god of wine, Bacchus – also known as a Maenad in Greek mythology, a follower of Dionysus the Greek god of wine)shown carrying a Thyrsus – a staff tipped with a pine cone or ivy – dancing in the abandonment of ecstatic frenzy. Exceptionally fine rope motif in a high carat gold mount with a heavier rope gold mount terminating in ram’s heads. The brooch fitting can be unscrewed to be worn on a chain. Original fitted case by Shepheard & Reed, Regent Street