Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl she's sitting atop a rock

she's sitting atop a rock

With snakes for hair

It's flanked to either side by three old cut diamonds in stepped shoulder accents

but presumably not by the general populace

the base is green with gold rim

Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl she's sitting atop a rockDATE: 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