Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl There are break glass pound

There are break glass pound note charms

made in England in the 1880s

but presumably not by the general populace

with great feather detailing to the wings

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

Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl There are break glass poundDATE: 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