Victorian Cameo Brooch Depicting "Day"

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Available from Isadora's Antique Jewlery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Circa 1900. This exceptional 18KT gold Victorian brooch features a finely carved shell cameo depicting "Day," one of the celebrated allegorical figures designed by renowned Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844). Revered throughout the nineteenth century, Thorvaldsen's neoclassical compositions inspired generations of gem engravers and cameo artists, who translated his graceful figures into wearable works of art. The cameo portrays the winged figure of Day in flowing classical drapery, a