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Unusual shell cameo carving of three hovering angels after a design by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen c.1830.

 

Horned helmet conch shell,high carat beaded gold frame.3cms by 2.5cms.

Original retailers domed case Ollivant and Botsford,Manchester.

 

The design created for the Baptismal Font to Brahetrolleborg Church commissioned 1804 and completed 1808.The Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen is in possesion of the original model in plaster.

Hovering Angels

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