Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl the base is green with

the base is green with gold rim

Cultured Pearls - diameters range from: 6

but for some reason the fourth failed to open while Olsen was still about 5

Such items were obviously deeply intimate

Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl the base is green withDATE: Victorian, c. 1840 A superb early Victorian shell cameo brooch depicting Medusa the Gorgon. The detailing is exceptional, with Medusa facing left and depicted in the Classical style with winged head and snakes tied beneath her chin. She's rendered in high relief and mounted in 9 karat gold. Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Their earliest reference is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed