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Cameo bracelet
probably Italian
about 1860
Medium/Technique
Gold metal and shell
Dimensions
Overall: 3.5 x 20 x 2.2 cm (1 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number46.1445
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
DescriptionThe four cameos in this bracelet are carved in unusually high relief. Each one illustrates a mythological scene.They are set in decorative and shaped bezels, surrounded by a beaded metal wire and an openwork repeating design of stylized leaves separated by balls. Each cameo element is attached by small loops to a pierced and embelished metal element making it flexible. It has a tab and tongue clasp.
There is also a repair to one of the links that holds two sections together. It is the link in between the end cameo (not the tongue end piece).
There is also a repair to one of the links that holds two sections together. It is the link in between the end cameo (not the tongue end piece).
Marks
There appears to be a mark on at least two of the cameo sections. They are located on the outside of the flat oval ring on the underside of the piece. They are very worn and hard to tell what they may be.