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Gold Stick Pin With An Agate Sculpture Of A Female Bust. Italian, 17th Century.

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"Gold Stick Pin With An Agate Sculpture Of A Female Bust. Italian, 17th Century."

A gold stick pin surmounted by a carved agate sculpture of a cloaked female bust.

The bust is Italian, late 17th century, the ornate high carat gold stick pin is probably English, mid 19th century.

Measures 9.5cm high, the bust measures 2.3 x 1.6 x 1.2cm.

The female bust is portrayed wearing a hooded cloak with exposed breasts. The bust is finely sculpted to accentuate the colours within the specimen of banded agate. This micro-sculpture is set with elegant high carat gold mounts decorated with floral scrollwork.

The nose has historic damage.