Western Europe, Neoclassical, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a handsome and wearable pair of paste glass cameos set into a high quality 74% to 88.5% gold (equivalent to 17K+ to 21K+) settings as wearable cufflinks! The opaque vermilion cameos are both of a Classical-style soldier in profile, carved in high relief with undercut peripheries. The bearded busts face to the left and right - perfectly highlighting the straight, Grecian nose and curly beard under a plumed helmet. The cameos are set in ovoid bezels with a delicate filigree and granulated settings mounted upon a post and crescent shaped foot. Size: 1" L x 0.85" W (2.5 cm x 2.2 cm); gold quality: 74% to 88.5% (equivalent to 17K+ to 21K+) ; total weight: 10 grams

Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010

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#159451

Minor nicks to glass cameos. A few indentations to gold bezel lip on both. Tiny casting imperfection on versos of setting. Intact and wearable.