A beautiful antique Cameo shell silver pendant with chain, depicting Apollo the the broather of Diana, identified by waring a wreath. The cameo helmet shell has a excusite clean cut, finely carved and highly detailed, and it is set in sterling silver. “Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek of all the gods.“ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Not Hallmarked but testing sterling silver Measurements Weight grams Length approximately 2 centimetres Wide approximately 1.5 centimetres Chain approximately 45 centimetres Note: Many of my items are vintage and are therefore likely to show some age-related wear. This can include things such as: scratches, discolouration etc. Please be sure to look through each photograph carefully and read the description fully, to get an idea of condition. Import charges are buyers responsibility!