Live Auction 1187A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot
A 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND HARDSTONE CAMEO BROOCH, BY CASTELLANI
Lot 229

A 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND HARDSTONE CAMEO BROOCH, BY CASTELLANI

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 20,000

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A 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND HARDSTONE CAMEO BROOCH, BY CASTELLANI
The early 19th century oval agate panel carved to depict the bust length profile of a lady wearing a diadem and necklace, possibly Empress Marie Louise, second wife of Napoleaon I, to an Archeological Revival frame with corded border and wirework detailing, circa 1870, 5.5cm long
With maker's mark for Castellani, cameo signed Xaveria

Specialist note

Cf. Weber Soros, Susan and Walker, Stefani, Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelery, Yale University Press, 2004 pp.103-127 for a discussion by Lucia Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli on the prominent use of both ancient and contemporary cameos in Castellani's work