Museum quality 19th Century Cameo portrait in original case Ambrotype Beautiful art nouveau match holder

Beautiful art nouveau match holder with nude figure among waves and flying crane

Approx 6" tall

wearing a cap reminiscent of a capped half dollar from the 1820s

Measures 10

Victor Silver Co

Museum quality 19th Century Cameo portrait in original case Ambrotype Beautiful art nouveau match holderExceptional quality carved helmet shell cameo portrait of a woman in profile, wearing a cap reminiscent of a capped half dollar from the 1820s. Her hair is tied in a bun and a he wears a wreath of oak leaves and acorns below the cap, on her chest between armored breasts appears an eagle with his wings spread. presented in original leather book case of a style later used for daguerreotypes.