Brooch
Category
Jewellery
Date
1850 (circa)
Materials
Shell, gold.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288889
Summary
A shell cameo brooch, c. 1850, Italian. The cameo, carved to depict the Three Graces, is mounted in an English gold frame engraved 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.