3 in. width, 5 in. height. Oval shell cameo finely carved with the goddess Minerva in a plumed and beaded helmet, her scaled aegis centered by the Medusa head, beside a second classical female profile, carved in pale peach against a deep apricot ground. Set in a Florentine carved giltwood oval frame with shell and acanthus crest, the back with gilt bezel, folding brass wire easel stand and old paper tag inscribed 140. Cameo with natural orange spotting in the shell, no cracks observed. Frame with a crack through the lower rim and an area of gilt and gesso loss below the cameo, general gilt rubbing exposing red bole.