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the terminal comprising of an upturned scallop shell in yellow gold, centred with the standing figure of the goddess Venus in silver, who holds a gold mirror mounted with a single diamond to serve as the glass.
The composition is clearly designed to evoke Botticelli’s famous painting ‘The Birth of Venus, which depicts the goddess standing atop of a scallop shell. Shells are an attribute of Venus, for like she they are born from the sea. The incorporation of the mirror is likely to serve as a rebus of the goddess’s legendary beauty.
Length: 10cm