Description
This is a lovely, antique vintage 1930s-1940s Art Deco stickpin in solid 14k white gold with its original hand carved natural shell cameo portrait that is bezel set. It is thoroughly jeweler tested, filed on the edge of the bezel where you can see it and is acid tested using fresh acid for accuracy; guaranteed solid 14k white gold. Weight is 2 grams. Size is 2 1/2″ tall north to south. Size of just the head is 16mm by 13mm. The face is well carved with good detail. She has a wide smiling mouth, deep carved chin, deep carved intaglio eye, small short nose, tall deep carved top know with a tiny drill hole that probably originally held and a very tiny stone, and a broad French chignon bun from which extends a braid going down the nape of the neck. The cameo frame is hand etched with an x design across a deep geometric linear pattern. Overall, this is a lovely Art Deco cameo stickpin for your antique and vintage gold jewelry collection.
Being natural shell the cameo has only a fraction of 1 gram weight.
GOOGLE AI and others:Unset Cameo: Extremely light, often just a fraction of a gram, such as a 10x8mm cameo weighing 0.5 grams.
Metal Weight: A 10k or 14k gold frame adds significant weight compared to the shell itself.
Gold weight on this pin is likely a bit over 1.5 grams.
