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Book Your AppointmentA beautifully carved shell cameoA layered stone or shell in which the design is cut in relief where the main design is carved onto the top layer and the remainder is carved away to reveal the next layer using the natural colours of the stone or shell to produce the different shadings of the carving. This is done in shell, coral, lava and various stones. of Eos who is a figure in Greek mythology. She is the Goddess of the Dawn and a beautiful and charitable Goddess. She is the daughter of Hyperion. Hyperion is also the father of Helios (the sun) and of Selene (the moon ) Hyperion’s name means “The one who precedes the Sun”, and probably is related to his role like Helios’ or Eos’ father, the faint light that precedes the rising of the day. Eos has several sons, between them there is Memnone, killed from Achilles during the siege of Troy. From that day the Goddess of the Dawn inconsolably cries the loss of her son every morning and her tears form the dew. Homer calls her the “Goddess with the rosy fingers” for the effect that can be seen in the sky at dawn. Here she is portrayed with a dove and a cornucopia with the sun’s rays behind her. The mount is 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold with a rope edge and engraved with a continuous stem of leaves. It was made circa 1880.
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