{"product_id":"victorian-shell-cameo-brooch-hebe-feeding-the-eagle-of-zeus-sterling-silver-frame-c-1860-1880","title":"Victorian Shell Cameo Brooch — Hebe Feeding the Eagle of Zeus, Sterling Silver Frame, c.1860–1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large Victorian shell cameo of one of the great Grand Tour subjects: Hebe, goddess of youth and cupbearer to the gods of Olympus, feeding the eagle of Zeus. She kneels at a garlanded altar among the clouds, pouring nectar from her jug into a patera as the great eagle bends his head to drink, wings spread behind her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cameo is hand-carved in high relief from a single bullmouth shell — cream carving standing against the shell's peach-orange ground — in the Italian carving tradition of Torre del Greco, whose workshops supplied the cameos carried home from the Grand Tour. The carving is fine and deep throughout: individually worked eagle feathers, flowing classical drapery, the garlanded altar and the cloud base all cut by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt sits in its period English sterling silver frame with a twisted rope edge, open at the back so the shell shows through, and fastens with the original tube hinge and C-clasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: the shell carries an old glue repair on its underside, visible in the photographs — an honest, stable old repair to the reverse that does not touch the carved face. Approx. 2⅜ inches wide. Pre-owned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Regency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71771379859709,"sku":"HEB-1870","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/5820\/3645\/files\/hebe-01-hero-editorial.jpg?v=1793480598","url":"https:\/\/royalregencyjewelry.com\/fr\/products\/victorian-shell-cameo-brooch-hebe-feeding-the-eagle-of-zeus-sterling-silver-frame-c-1860-1880","provider":"Royal Regency Antique Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}