Antique Revivalist Aurora Grisaille Enamel Cameo Brooch Pin in 18k Gold Frame

From 'Tithonus', by Lord Alfred Tennyson

Here is Aurora, goddess of the dawn, flying across the sky with her flaming staff, leading the dawning of a new day.

This brooch is a stunning work of art. Painstakingly executed in Grisaille enamel, the artistry of the painting shows the work of a delicately controlled hand. Grisaille is a style of monochromatic painting where the subject matter is rendered in shades of gray and highly contrasted to resemble sculpture. Set into an 18 karat gold Revivalist frame with classical good looks. The brooch has a locket back and C clasp pin stem with a small safety chain also in gold. The cameo is in excellent shape with one very small chip near Aurora's foot. The scale of this Legendary brooch is quite impressive as well, it measures 1 7/8 inches high and 2 3/8 inches across. It is unmarked, the gold has been tested and I suspect that it is English in origin, made sometime around 1860.

Comes in it's (most likely original) fitted box. A brilliant brooch with sophisticated artistic star quality!

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