Hebe & Eagle 800 Silver Cameo Pin Pendant

Offering a vctorian era shell cameo brooch/pendant with silver chain. Cameo is finely hand carved with a Hebe holding water for a drinking Zeus' eagle, set in a silver edged oval frame with pendant bail and C-catch, circa 1870s–1900s. Marked "800" on back of the brooch. Chain mark "835," 20" long. Necklace weighs 9.96 grams.

Hebe is the ancient Greek goddess of youth and was the daughter of Zeus and Hera; in this scene she is depicted alongside an eagle, which represents her father, Zeus, pouring divine nectar or ambrosia from a pitcher into a bowl for the eagle to drink, symbolizing eternal rejuvenation. In Roman mythology, she was known as Juventas, the personification of youth.