Victorian Revival "Medusa the Gorgon" Shell Cameo Brooch monty collection and date to around 1900

and date to around 1900

clearly inspired by the Fabergé ball watch brooches

and a (detachable) floral top and rope-twist chain

The craftsmanship

Victorian Revival "Medusa the Gorgon" Shell Cameo Brooch monty collection and date to around 1900DATE: Victorian Revival, 1977 Striking round shell cameo brooch featuring the infamous Gorgon sister Medusa. Carved in high relief and, unusually, with a white border around the outside, she's depicted in the classical style with winged head and snakes tied around her neck, her contorted face emitting a terrible shriek Medusa is certainly the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's