Victorian Hermes Cameo Brooch bangles and the 18 carat yellow

and the 18 carat yellow gold band sets up a gorgeous bimetal contrast with the cool-toned platinum settings

"Apelike I all thinges imitate

Materials: Sterling Silver and Paste Gemstones

and rows of impossibly fine millegrain running down each edge

Victorian Hermes Cameo Brooch bangles and the 18 carat yellowCool neoclassical cameo brooch depicting Greek god Hermes wearing his winged cap. Utilising a single piece of Bull's Mouth shell, the carver has used the white band in the shell for the subject and the orange brown band as the background. It's mounted in 9 carat gold with a Greek Key engraved border. Son of Zeus and Maia the Pleiad, Hermes (or Mercury to the Romans) used his famous winged sandals to travel between realms divine, mortal, and underworld