Victorian "The Dancing Muse" Cameo Brooch OOS Exceptional quality and dating from

Exceptional quality and dating from the early 1990s

No idea where they would have been sold in the mid-1930s

They cover various subjects/themes

showcases the best of the Art Nouveau movement in jewellery

The orb opens to reveal six pyramids arranged as a cross

Victorian "The Dancing Muse" Cameo Brooch OOS Exceptional quality and dating fromDATE: Victorian, c. 1850 A fantastic shell cameo brooch, depicting one of the dancing muses of Greek Mythology. The Nine Muses of the Greek Mythology were deities that gave artists, philosophers and individuals the inspiration for creation. The Nine Muses were: Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomeni, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope. To me, this looks like Terpsichore of lyric and dancing. The other muses had attributes such as history,