VICTORIAN lava cameo brooch, full face
VICTORIAN lava cameo brooch in 10k yellow gold setting, lovely lady with leaves in her hair in the unusual full-face style, extremely deeply carved, features slightly worn with age, circa 1870, pin back closure professionally replaced with safety catch in the early 1900s, 1-3/4" by 1-1/2".
A similar piece can be seen on page 36 of Bell's "Collecting Victorian Jewelry".