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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1914455, member: 5833"]Stumbled across this item in a <a href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/an-antique-agate-diamond-and-enamel-5007982-details.aspx?from=salesummary&pos=3&intObjectID=5007982&sid=a00d84cf-d053-42eb-9823-6462d73c4b4a&page=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/an-antique-agate-diamond-and-enamel-5007982-details.aspx?from=salesummary&pos=3&intObjectID=5007982&sid=a00d84cf-d053-42eb-9823-6462d73c4b4a&page=3" rel="nofollow">past auction of Christie's</a> & was a bit stunned by their description of the cameo subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>AN ANTIQUE AGATE, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL CAMEO BROOCH </p><p>Centering upon a carved agate double cameo depicting a woman in profile and a man with flowing hair holding a feather, within an old mine-cut diamond and guilloché green enamel cushion-shaped surround with gold foliate detail, mounted in 18k gold, <i>circa 1820, with French assay mark</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]245140[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you see?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that you've decided, see:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/hercules/hercules-alone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/hercules/hercules-alone" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/hercules/hercules-alone</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1914455, member: 5833"]Stumbled across this item in a [URL='https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/an-antique-agate-diamond-and-enamel-5007982-details.aspx?from=salesummary&pos=3&intObjectID=5007982&sid=a00d84cf-d053-42eb-9823-6462d73c4b4a&page=3']past auction of Christie's[/URL] & was a bit stunned by their description of the cameo subject. AN ANTIQUE AGATE, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL CAMEO BROOCH Centering upon a carved agate double cameo depicting a woman in profile and a man with flowing hair holding a feather, within an old mine-cut diamond and guilloché green enamel cushion-shaped surround with gold foliate detail, mounted in 18k gold, [I]circa 1820, with French assay mark[/I] [ATTACH=full]245140[/ATTACH] What do you see? Now that you've decided, see: [URL]https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/hercules/hercules-alone[/URL][/QUOTE]
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