Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl but for some reason the

but for some reason the fourth failed to open while Olsen was still about 5

but presumably not by the general populace

With snakes for hair

made in England in the 1880s

Early Victorian Medusa Cameo Brooch mother of pearl but for some reason theDATE: 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