Victorian Dionysus/Bacchus Cameo Brooch bronze It's intricately engraved with abstract

It's intricately engraved with abstract foliate motifs

An incredible antique brooch fashioned as two birds and a nest full of eggs

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the members mainly produced landscapes and genre scenes characterised by a democratic tendency and an interest in the Russian landscape and the distinctly original features of Russian life

Victorian Dionysus/Bacchus Cameo Brooch bronze It's intricately engraved with abstractDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Dionysus (known to the Romans as Bacchus) was the principle deity of one of the many mystery cults. He made his way into Roman culture along with many others through Greek mythology Believed to have been born from the union of Zeus and Persephone, representing the chthonic or underworld aspect of Zeus. The cult focused on rebirth, as exemplified through the seasonal growth of nature, but also of revelation through ecstasy