Victorian Hades cameo layaway matthewartvinstat fancy yellow diamond literally "little ship"

literally "little ship"

with enamelled roundels and RAF tail markings

within a picture frame border

Set with 1

To fit inside

Victorian Hades cameo layaway matthewartvinstat fancy yellow diamond literally "little ship"DATE: Victorian, c. 1890 (gold frame contemporary) Hades was the Greek god of death and the underworld of which his name became synonymous. He and siblings (Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera) were been consumed by their father, Cronus, as soon as they were born, which understandably bred a certain resentment among them. Zeus, the youngest child of Cronus and Rhea, was the only one able to avoid this fate and upon reaching adulthood managed to