Antique Flower Bouquet Cameo Brooch Pin Carved Shell 14k Case

Description

This is a 1.25x1.5 inch (about 32x37mm) flower cameo in an unmarked 14k setting.  It actually scratch tests as a little better than 14k but less than 18k.  It has a C clasp and tube hinge.  The design is a bouquet of flowers rather than the typical pretty girl. The shell has a visible crack in the lower left, but it's not going anywhere.  (it's Victorian shell, and someone didn't treat this properly).  Odds are the case was made in the USA; American goldsmiths often didn't mark the metal.  The shell was probably carved in Italy and exported.  My guess on a date would be 1880-something.
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