3 in. width, 5 in. height. Oval shell cameo carved in white against an apricot ground with two overlapping profiles of young women, the foreground maiden with flowers tucked into her windswept upswept hair and draped shoulders, set in a Florentine style carved giltwood oval frame with shell and acanthus crest. Back with dark painted bezel and folding brass wire easel stand. Cameo with a small dark speck to the neck, not examined out of the frame. Frame with a split to the crest at the back, gilt losses and rubbing exposing red bole and gesso, as is typical of Florentine frames.