Antique 9K & Carved Shell Cameo Brooch weeping willow Materials: Watermelon Tourmaline

Materials: Watermelon Tourmaline

Marks: BOCK

Art Nouveau is an ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States

It has a 'wraparound' look

echoing the outer decoration of the locket

Antique 9K & Carved Shell Cameo Brooch weeping willow Materials: Watermelon TourmalineA cameo is a form of glyptography, or bas relief carving, most often cut into glass, hard stones, and shells. Artworks were crafted to create two layers on one piece of material, the top of which protruded from its background, creating a multi dimensional artwork. These detailed reliefs were often used to adorn pieces of jewelry, including brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings. The earliest cameos took inspiration from prehistoric petroglyphs,