Cameo
Category
Jewellery
Date
1850 (circa)
Materials
Shell, gold.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288888
Summary
Shell cameo brooch, c. 1850, Italian. The cameo, carved to depict Aurora driving a chariot led by three horses, is set within an English gold mount with scrolling decoration.
Provenance
Calke Abbey and contents transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.