**Originally Listed At $900**

Western Europe, Neoclassical Period, ca. 19th century CE. A fabulous brooch pin of exquisite form with an annular setting shaped from 79.4% gold. The recessed edge of the setting is decorated with dozens of petite frets that radiate outwards around a hand-carved, salmon-hued cameo. Emanating from the center of the cameo is a white and orange, left-facing head of the Roman goddess Minerva (Greek Athena) with a stern countenance and a curly coiffure beneath a crested, centurion-style helmet. A pin and pin catch on the verso enable this brooch to be worn on a garment, and a hinged suspension loop can be used to wear this brooch as a pendant. Size (setting): 1.21" Diameter (3.1 cm); (cameo): 0.84" Diameter (2.1 cm); gold quality: 79.4% (equivalent to 18K+); weight: 8.1 grams

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

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#169409

Wearable as shown. Intact and excellent with wonderful luster to gold setting and great preservation to finer details of Minerva head. Pin, pin catch, and hinged suspension loop all articulate smoothly. Exterior of pin catch is stamped with "10K" indicating its gold quality and not that of the entire setting.