Victorian Revival "Medusa the Gorgon" Shell Cameo Brooch monty collection and dates from the turn

and dates from the turn of the 20th century

salvaged from a broken Victorian bar brooch

clearly inspired by the Fabergé ball watch brooches

and intricate scrolls and granulation around the border

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Victorian Revival "Medusa the Gorgon" Shell Cameo Brooch monty collection and dates from the turnDATE: Victorian Revival, 1977 Striking round shell cameo brooch featuring the infamous Gorgon sister Medusa. Carved in high relief and, unusually, with a white border around the outside, she's depicted in the classical style with winged head and snakes tied around her neck, her contorted face emitting a terrible shriek Medusa is certainly the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's