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Gold (750‰) tie pin, adorned with an oval cameo...

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Gold (750‰) tie pin, adorned with an oval cameo on agate depicting Cleopatra in left profile bust and the snake evoking her death, counterpasted on a glass plate, in an oval black and white enameled gold setting with palmettes motifs (a break on the left part, an accident to the nose and the upper lip). Neoclassical period, late 18th or early 19th century. Height: 9.3 cm - Width: 2.1 cm Cameo: Height: 2.3 cm - Width: 1.7 cm Gross weight: 10.2 g