Antique 15K Carved Cameo Bacchante Brooch bronze Minor enamel loss

Minor enamel loss

Marks:  D

comfortable on the finger

sure to bring a smile every time you wear it

set in a deeply scalloped 14 karat gold Belcher setting with geometric designs at the shoulders

Antique 15K Carved Cameo Bacchante Brooch bronze Minor enamel lossIn Greek mythology, maenads were the followers of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry. Their name literally translates as "raving ones". Maenads were also know as Bacchantes, after the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus. The women who followed these gods were portrayed as becoming inspired by the god into a state of ecstatic frenzy through a marathon of dancing and intoxication. During these rites, the maenads would dress in skins and carry a thyrsus, a