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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 4488976, member: 17332&quot;]Here is the link from Toovey&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tooveys.com/lots/490036/a-victorian-gold-mounted-oval-shell-cameo-brooch/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tooveys.com/lots/490036/a-victorian-gold-mounted-oval-shell-cameo-brooch/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tooveys.com/lots/490036/a-victorian-gold-mounted-oval-shell-cameo-brooch/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had copied/pasted from Liveauctioneers, but once something has sold there is no way to enlarge the pic. So that&#039;s why it was pixelated. Sorry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture from Toovey&#039;s website:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390988[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the back, which has additional writing at the top that I can&#039;t decipher:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391004[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is a depiction of Cleopatra dissolving her pearl earring in vinegar. the story goes that there was a wager between Cleopatra and Mark Antony as to which one could provide the most expensive feast. After Mark Antony&#039;s sumptious feast, Cleopatra drops a rare and precious pearl from her earring into a cup of vinegar and drinks it once the pearl has dissolved. The third person at the table is Lucius Munatius Plancus, Antony&#039;s ally, declares Cleopatra the winner of the wager.&nbsp; This cameo is based on the painting by Carlo Maratta (1625-1713):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390989[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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