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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Cameo brooch with original box
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Cameo brooch with original box

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureItalian | French
Dateca. 1880
MediumShell | Pearls | Gold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (5.4 x 3.2 cm)
InscribedOriginal blue velvet box stamped on the inside with : 155 Palais-Royal 155/Roger/joaillier Bijoutier. Shaft of pin has two illegible Paris charge marks.
Credit LineGift of the Baroness de Lustrac
Object number81.116
On View
Not on view
DescriptionCameo portrait brooch of a bearded man facing left mounted in a gold brooch of an oval shape decorated with twisted gold wire and six pearls.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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