Superb Antique Victorian Carved Figural Red Coral Cameo, Neo Gothic Brooch lap desk It is wood with gesso/plaster

It is wood with gesso/plaster appliqué and a heavy gold finish

It is large at 2" x 1

no loss of painting nor frame other than that it is the top of a snuff box

mentioned above

with silversmith names like Biennais

Superb Antique Victorian Carved Figural Red Coral Cameo, Neo Gothic Brooch lap desk It is wood with gesso/plasterA lovely old one! I'll be in the Naples area of Italy in only a few weeks, and of course that is where this Grand Tour souvenir brooch would have originally come from the south of Italy is known for the bulk of these old cameos. The gold test tells us this is 8k or less, so we'll call it pinchbeck since it is a great mimic for gold as far as the look of this one. A stunning NeoGothic styling, it's perhaps missing a center bottomo drop, but is