Brooches
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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
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AMS8826 Paisley shaped enamel and diamond flower brooch
€2,950.00Circa 1800, very pretty blue enamel and diamond brooch with floral centre, in the shape of a paisley. Of Iranian/Persian origin, paisley designs became popular in the West in the 18th and 19th centuries, following imports of post-Mughal Empire versions of the design from India, especially in the form of Kashmir shawls, and were then replicated locally. The name paisley comes from the the Scottish town of Paisley which was a major textiles producer and produced the paisley design