Mid-Victorian "Cupid Carving Aphrodite" Lava Cameo Pendant brooches and offered with a period

and offered with a period 18k chain

The piece is modelled in 18 karat gold

while the shoulders feature hand-chased abstract embellishment

A classic vintage cluster ring

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Mid-Victorian "Cupid Carving Aphrodite" Lava Cameo Pendant brooches and offered with a periodDATE: Victorian, c. 1860 An utterly breathtaking lava cameo pendant dating from the mid 19th Century, circa 1860. The subject is particularly cool, even by the Victorians' neo classical standards Cupid sits on a cloud, inside a scallop shell, carving the head of Aphrodite with hammer and chisel (with a set of compasses to one side). It's pretty much the ultimate amorous romantic sentiment. The detail is just astonishing, carved on both the front and