Description
Round brooch with bronze decoration on a gilt silver mounting. Central decoration of a Greek profile wearing a helmet adorned with a lioness. The back bears the original pin.
Accompanied by an AUTOGRAPHIC NOTE SIGNED by Aurore Sand, George Sand's daughter:
Bronze brooch once owned and worn by George Sand.
Aur. Sand
George Sand's taste for this type of jewellery is well known: she wears a similar brooch (the cameo with the three profiles) on her belt in the portrait painted by Auguste Charpentier, in the Musée de la vie romantique.
Patina. Minor flaws in the insertion of the decoration on the frame.