Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch wedding band with larger stones set high

with larger stones set high at the N E S and W compass points

Captivating vintage flower cluster earrings set with diamond petals around emerald cabochons

and ruby paste eyes

Marks rubbed - tests as 9k gold

The heraldic crest depicts an oak tree alongside the Latin motto "Quercus Floreat"

Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch wedding band with larger stones set highDATE: Victorian, c. 1840 A superb early Victorian shell cameo brooch depicting Medusa the Gorgon. The detailing is exceptional, with Medusa facing left and depicted in the Classical style with winged head and snakes tied beneath her chin. She's rendered in high relief and mounted in 9 karat gold. Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Their earliest reference is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed