Late 1800s Victorian Rebecca at Well Country Scene GF Shell CAMEO Pin Brooch

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Late 1800s Victorian Rebecca at Well Country Scene GF Shell CAMEO Pin Brooch
Late 1800’s
VICTORIAN
Rebecca At The Well or
Country Scene with Woman at Well
Gold Filled Cameo Pin/Brooch
The Cameo is made of Shell and is hand-etched signed on reverse, although I cannot make out the scribble signature.
The ornate gold-filled frame is a twisting ribbon with a vine of
leaves, acorns and grapes weaving through the ribbon frame.   The shell cameo is set in a deep bezel setting and is perfectly secure.
The carving is quite lovely featuring a woman out front a house (with another house in the background), and what appears to be a log wall and a large tree.
The pinback is a wide tube-hinge pinback.
All original and beautiful condition.
Measures 1 3/4” x 1 1/2
”
You may ask, “What is the meaning of Rebecca at the Well” as depicted in many cameos?  Here is some info I found to describe
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Rebecca (Rebekah) at the Well
The story of Rebecca is told in the Biblical Book of Genesis, chapter 24. Before he dies, the patriarch Abraham wishes to see Isaac, the only son born to him and his wife Sarah, married.  However, Abraham and his household are living among a foreign people, the Canaanites, and he wants Isaac’s bride to come from their own people.  He commissions the most senior, the most trusted, servant of his household to make the journey to his homeland and select a suitable virgin.  This servant has traditionally been understood to be the same steward of the house mentioned in chapter 15, verse 2, named Eliezer. Although the name never appears in chapter 24, Eliezer, as we may as well call him, takes ten camels and sets out for the east.
He arrives at Abraham’s natal land at dusk, when the women come to the well to draw water.  There is one very beautiful maiden whom he asks for a drink of water.  She speaks to the elderly man courteously, not only giving him a drink from her pitcher, but watering all ten camels as well.  Taking this as a possible sign that God intends his errand to succeed, he inquires who her family are and if it would be possible for them to put him and the camels up for the night.  Of course it is.  When he reveals the purpose of his coming, the girl is willing to go with him (the gold bracelets and earring he gives her may have something to do with this).  Her brother and mother are also agreeable, and so Isaac gets a wife.
Many cameos are identified as being Rebecca at the Well, but most of these might more accurately be titled Country Scene with Woman at Well (or Well House).
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