IMPORTANT MUSEUM QUALITY, NINETEENTH CENTURY HAND CARVED VENETIAN SHELL CAMEO DEPICTING CUPIDS KISS SURROUNDED WITH 19 GREENISH BLUE ROYSTON TURQUOISE CABOCHONS. THE COMPLEX MULTI CHAIN CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NECKLACE, HAS FOUR MATCHING LINKS OF ROYSTON TURQUOISE CABOCHONS. A LARGE FREE FORM ROYSTON TURQUOISE DROP EXTENDS BELOW THE CENTRAL CAMEO WITH FRESH WATER PEARL DROP BENEATH. CUPIDS KISS, CLASSICLY KNOWN AS PSYCHE REVIVED, OR AMORE E PSICHE IN FRANCE, IS A SCULPTURE BY ANTONIO CANOVA – AND FIRST COMISSIONED IN 1787 BY COLONAL JOHN CAMPBELL. IT IS REGARDED AS A MASTERPIECE IN NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE. IT REPRESENTS THE GOD CUPID, IN THE HEIGHT OF LOVE AND TENDERNESS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER WAKING THE LIFELESS PSYCHE WITH A KISS. THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE IS TAKEN FROM LUCIUS APULEIUS’ LATIN NOVEL THE GOLDEN ASS