I've been watching that lot, too. The hardstone cameo has an inscription on the back. I asked McInnis to supply a better picture, which they did...
My grandparents had the gnome with the basket on his back and the mushroom in their garden. I remember it from when I visited as a child.
I am amazed, too. It makes me want to know more about these people. There were many German carvers, but I feel like the vast majority have been...
YES!!! I hope I will find out some info. I would like to know so much more about the German carvers.
As promised, here are some pics of a cameo I purchased recently. It is signed C. WILD on the right side. There is nothing on the back. It is quite...
@Bronwen Did you ever get an answer from the auctioneer about the cameo? I saw one that recently sold by Etrusca Auctions that may be from a...
I wonder if this piece was intentially made for a jeweler to add the grapevines? It does have some detail, which is partially obscured by my bad...
I also have two more to show once I get home... a Greenough cameo and a C. Wild cameo. Here are the pics from the auctions. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] I, too, have multiple cameos from Michelini and Lamant - five each. After I got the magnifier I posted about several months ago, I went...
I've never had to clean a lava cameo either. I don't like lava cameos very much, so I only have a couple in my collection. I think the previous...
Yes - lucky me! I'll post pics when I receive it.
I saw something new to me when I was perusing Hindman's auction that starts tomorrow. It was an intaglio signed by Michelini. I searched and found...
Okay! Thanks. I knew about WP, but not Catawiki. I didn't know what these sites were called.
Heritage Auctions has a Berini cameo in the March 19th auction....
Very cool. Thanks for posting this one. I would love to find one for my collection. What is an auction data scraper site? I haven't heard this...
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