An Italian 18k yellow gold Etruscan Revival souvenir pendant with a finely carved signed layered onyx cameo depicting a bust of the Greek goddess Pallas Athene.

An Italian 18k yellow gold Etruscan Revival souvenir pendant with a finely carved signed layered onyx cameo depicting a bust of the Greek goddess Pallas Athene. 18k gold. Oval black-and-white layered onyx (approx. 45.5 x 35.5 mm) with a finely carved profile portrait of the Greek goddess Pallas Athena in high relief on a polished background, with a gold-framed glass cover on the reverse. Oval frame and ribbon loop elaborately decorated in Neo-Etruscan style with filigree wire inlays and a surrounding beaded border; hinged mount with hinged clasp and volute decoration. Not hallmarked. Cameo signed ‘Roma F. Tignani Incise’ on the rim of the bust. Signed ‘1878 Filippo Tignani Souvenir Roma Via Condotti No. 91’ on the reverse. Total height 8.3 cm. Weight 56.63 g. Original case with a royal blue velvet cover; the lining is stamped ‘F. Tignani Graveur en Camée’. Filippo Tignani, Rome, 1878.

Category

Jewellery

Location

Köln

Dimensions

Approx. H 8.3 cm · weight 56.6 g