Victorian Brass Cherub Brooch Pair machine age Superb Victorian bangle dating from

Superb Victorian bangle dating from the 1870s

38ct amethyst

but it's actually the most incredible Florentine Pietra Dura (literally hard stone) mosaic portraying two monks delighting in the food from a copper pot

6cm (including bail)

while the tail loops twice around the band

Victorian Brass Cherub Brooch Pair machine age Superb Victorian bangle dating fromDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 This super charming Victorian brooch pair are modelled as two little cherubs, each one playing an instrument. They look great worn as a pair on your jacket collar, and they're modelled in brass throughout. Known as Putti or Putto, the cherubs are very common as angels making music, as instruments of profane love its like their own little orchestra! They are each shown playing their own instrument, the triangle and the flute