A Fine Italian Carved Larva Cameo of George Washington (1800 to 1900 Italy)

Larva Cameo

7.00cm wide 11.00cm high 3.00cm deep (2.76 inches wide4.33 inches high1.18 inches deep)

In 1775 Washington was given the command of the American forces where he displayed great powers as a strategist and leader of men. At the end of the war, having forced the surrender of the English General Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781, he retired to Mount Vernon and sought to secure a strong government by constitutional means.
In 1787 he presided over the constitutional convention and became 1st President. He tried to remain neutral as political differences increased between the Federalists and the Jeffersonians and refused to continue for a third term in office. He retired to Mount Vernon and died two years later.

A Fine Italian Carved Larva Cameo of George Washington
United States General and 1st President of the USA from 1789 to 1797
Early 19th Century

Size : 11 cm high, 7 cm wide, 3 cm deep – 4¼ ins high, 2¾ ins wide, 1¼ deep