Victorian Gold Cameo Earrings Man and Woman Sapphire A round faceted amethyst sits

A round faceted amethyst sits at the center of a silver hammered disk with swirling wirework details

This antique Art Nouveau ruby and diamond dragonfly brooch was handcrafted in France around 1900

but the real beauty lies in the central blue sapphire

here is the Griffin

This sovereign case is a relic from a past where things were made with love and care

Victorian Gold Cameo Earrings Man and Woman Sapphire A round faceted amethyst sitsAn art form handed down from the early Greeks and Romans, the cameo regained popularity in the fifteenth and sixteenth century revivals of Europe. Queen Victorias love of cameos combined with the burgeoning middle class of the Industrial revolution brought cameos of all kinds to Victorian England. These wonderful cameo earrings feature classical profiles, one a man and one a woman, the two facing each other. It's most likely that these two are Zeus