• Shell cameo brooch, early 20th century

LOT 446

Shell cameo brooch, early 20th century

Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
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About this Item

Shell cameo brooch, early 20th century
carved with the sinister profile of Flora, her hair dressed with flowers, collet-set to a frame with ropework decoration, the reverse engraved '7th Aug. 1916', maker's initials WN,length approximately 45mm

Provenance

Lady A F Cullinan
Thence by descent to the present owner

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