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A beautiful antique Cameo shell brooch, depicting  Hebe and the eagle Zeus, God of Gods,  and Hebe daughter of Zeus. The cameo shell has a excusite clean cut, finely carved and highly detailed, museum quality and it is set in gold colour metal, possible pinchbeck. The image is shown above clouds to suggest being high up, in this case Mount Olympus.
The cameo is of fine quality most likely dating around 1920 period .

"A child of the marriage of Zeus/Jupiter and Hera/Juno, Hebe’s role on Olympus, until she is supplanted by the beautiful youth Ganymede, is Cupbearer to the Gods.  She also represents youth, as her Roman name, Juventas, suggests, but on cameos she is seen primarily waiting on an eagle, which is usually seen as her father in that guise, although it could be the eagle who serves the great god and carries his thunderbolts.

More often than not, the eagle is shown as feeding on the wing.  Hebe herself may stand, sit or, most frequently, kneel. Sometimes she caresses the bird with one hand while holding out a bowl (patera) of nectar in the other." Cameotimes.com

"Zeus is the god of the sky in ancient Greek mythology. As the chief Greek deity, Zeus is considered the ruler, protector, and father of all gods in and humans. Zeus is often depicted as an older man with a beard and is represented by symbols such as the lightning bolt and the eagle."

Measurements
Weight 15.4 grams
Length approximately 6 centimetres 
Wide approximately 5 centimetres 

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Total weight: 15.4 g

NO RESERVE Hebe and eagle Zeus brooch, the dutifull daughter, Cupbearer to the Gods, above mount Gold-plated - Brooch

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