AN ANTIQUE CAMEO BROOCH BY ERNESTO PIERRET, CIRCA 1860
AN ANTIQUE CAMEO BROOCH BY ERNESTO PIERRET, CIRCA 1860
US$18,500.00
Set with an oval-shaped cameo depicting the profile of Hercules, his head covered with a lion skin and the paws tied around his neck, the cameo carved in white agate on an orangey-brown ground, within a gold beadwork frame and white tesserae and ribbed wire rim, mounted in 18K yellow gold, signed ‘Pierret’, circa 1860, Italian, 4.2 cm. Weight: 22 g