Large Scale Victorian Cameo Brooch Featuring Pliny's Doves April 4th this extremely rare brooch is

this extremely rare brooch is in superb condition for its age

An exceptional early 20th C Art Nouveau padlock on a sterling square lock chain

The Marquise de Pompadour’s lips

An extremely special 19th century locket featuring a wonderful vermeille’d X

Large Scale Victorian Cameo Brooch Featuring Pliny's Doves April 4th this extremely rare brooch isPliny's Doves are a popular motif for cameos every collection boasts at least one roundel depiction of the fated four fowl scene, but what on earth does it mean? Pliny was, for all intents and purposes, an ancient lifestyle blogger, reporting (in his epic work Natural Histories) on popular works of the ancient world, regretfully dying when he tried to take a selfie at Mount Vesuvius (no really, he went to report on the eruption at Pompeii and passed