Featured Egyptian Revival Cleopatra face necklace 1890

Does anyone have any idea of the value of my Egyptian Revival necklace with a Cleopatra face?
It is bronze or bronze coloured metal with traces of gilding. The face is not ivory but ivorine/French ivory/celluloid. The pendant is 8 cm / 3.14" high.
It was my great-grandmother's and I think my great-grandfather bought it for her on their honeymoon in Paris, which was about 1890.
Although it is a family heirloom, I want to sell it because I never wear it, and my nieces are not at all interested.
Thanks for looking.

 

Sad that you have to sell something that's been in the family so long.

 

It is, and I have deliberated a long time. I still have some other of her jewellery that I do wear. And his signet ring and other nice things.

 

Are you sure it's not ivory? Big market for this kind of stuff back then in that material, and lots of carvers available. Think of all those chryselephantine figures.

 

Yes, it is in that style. It does have straight lines, but no cross-hatched Schreger lines, and it is warm to the touch. So no ivory.
If it were ivory, the back would probably be open.

 

If I had something like that it would be buried deep in my hoard...er uhm collection, and I'd be wearing that puppy. It's too cool to leave in a drawer somewhere. I'd check with family members first before selling it; chances are there's a kid, cousin, etc who'd jump on it as quickly as I would. If not...at least now you know there's a market for it!

 

My cousins are not interested, and they only have boys. My nieces are not interested either. I am the only one who inherited the bling gene, and I don't wear it.

 

In case you're wondering, I'm just about drooling ... keep that AWAY from me! 1920s Art Deco Egyptian Revival necklace. It might even be worth putting that in a real auction, depending on the market where you are.

 

It must be older, my great-grandmother died in 1920. My grandmother never wore it, she said the face looked to serious, and gave it to me.

 

On second glance Art Nouveau Egyptian Revival. Darned things even older than I'd thought. The dangle on the bottom fooled me. I can't afford it now; the price just went up!

 

Wow -- beautiful! Sorry I can't help with a value.

 

You can still drool over the pictures, as long as it is on your own computer

 

@evelyb30 a napkin for the drool......we wouldn't want to ruin a keyboard!!!!!

 

VERY NICE!!!!!!!!

 

u certain that's a girl......?
has a mans face to me !

 

That's what I though as a child, but no, she is wearing the Nekhbet crown, which was worn by the Pharaoh's wife. Nekhbet was the goddess of protection and one of the protectresses of the Pharaoh. She was represented as a vulture.
So strictly speaking not Cleopatra, who was a queen in her own right, not as a consort. She would have worn Macedonian/Greek dress anyway.
Nekhbet crown:


Mind you, there were some very masculine looking women in 19th century art, remember some of those pre-Raphaelite women?

 

so the headgear is indeed the key......thanks !!!

 

I agree, when I look at it I saw Art Nouveau Egyptian Revival. LOVE IT!!!!!

 

I have a few pieces of my Aunt's Egyptian revival and nothing like that. Yum.

 

Re the female beauty ideal of Pre-Raphaelite art, can we use the term "strong-featured" rather than "masculine?"

Debora