Victorian Wedgwood "Heracles & Tiresias" Brooch earrings and flowering (particularly of grain

and flowering (particularly of grain and the vine) with leaves and blossoms in her hair

crafted in rich 18 carat gold throughout

the scallop shell became associated with religious pilgrimages such as Granada to Santiago de Compostela in Spain - pilgrims would wear the emblem as a display of faith through hardship and dedication

) He was the Vicar between 1793 and 1816 at Yoxford

English hallmarks indicate 15ct gold

Victorian Wedgwood "Heracles & Tiresias" Brooch earrings and flowering (particularly of grainA superb jasperware cameo in white over vivid royal blue signed Wedgwood. It depicts Heracles at Delphi, consulting the oracle Tiresias with Athena stood atop a pedestal entwined by snakes. The cameo is mounted in a simple 9 carat rose gold brooch mount with applied ropetwist border. Victorian, circa 1850. Tiresias, the blind Theban soothsayer, played an important role in a number of Greek myths, notably the Odyssey, the expedition of the Seven