Victorian Saint Cecilia Cameo Brooch pendants 17 inches in length

17 inches in length

fastening to the bottom segment

Marks: Stamped 585 (14ct gold) and unknown maker's mark

35ct and crafted in 18 carat gold throughout

between which finely crafted open gold ribbon-work shoulders stylised curved settings

Victorian Saint Cecilia Cameo Brooch pendants 17 inches in lengthON HOLD An extraordinary antique neoclassical cameo brooch, depicting Saint Cecilia (also spelled Cecelia). It's from the mid Victorian period, circa 1860, with an intricately carved, curved bull's mouth shell set in a simple 9 carat rose gold mount. Victorian Neoclassicism was a style of historical design inspired by the art and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome, with many of the upper and middle classes embarking on a "Grand Tour" to the