Lot 138: A Collection of Vintage Costume Jewellery Cameo Brooches

A collection of vintage costume jewellery cameo brooches featuring classical female profiles in various settings. The assortment includes a matching pair of oval cameos depicting white profiles on white grounds, housed in ornate openwork silver-tone metal frames with scroll and fleur-de-lis motifs. A large, central oval brooch features a white moulded profile on a dark chocolate brown ground, set within a highly decorative gold-tone frame embellished with clear and amber-toned paste stones. A smaller oval brooch presents a white profile on a dark brown ground within a pierced silver-tone frame featuring beaded detailing. Completing the collection is an oval cameo, potentially of carved shell or multi-toned resin, showing a profile in shades of cream and tan, set in a gold-tone frame with a twisted rope-style border and an attached safety chain. The subjects are consistently rendered in profile view. The metals are base metals with silver-tone and gold-tone finishes. No maker’s marks or hallmarks are visible on the front of the pieces.