Yes, cameo & mount are not contemporaneous. The gems used to illustrate the talk are mainly from this 2019 auction of gems from the Sangiorgi...
1st Dibs seller took/made an offer, so necklace did not sell for $7,000, but probably for what was still a hefty chunk of change.
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FF could be Furniture Factory. AM...?
Think that should be read as Charing Cross (Station?)
I think hinge & clasp are misleading replacements. To the extent I've ever seen any evidence, these brooches with a convex back are maybe first...
Was working from memory - still am - & was a bit rushed this AM. 'Pipe stone' may not be what I was trying to remember, it may have been 'pipe...
Frame does look like tortoise to me. Don't think there would have been good simulants when this was made. Cameo looks like lava on the face of...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266432715129 https://www.ebay.com/itm/305275959432 https://www.ebay.com/itm/394412551312...
Looks like Incolay. Can we see interior & bottom?
Could it have been regilt to improve appearance of soldered places?
Looks like a decorative item to me.
I thought so too, but think this is the bottom: [ATTACH]
Can you direct me to a source for this information? Perhaps a museum example? Always looking to learn.
A pink coral cameo would have been prettier.
The cameo is lava [as evelyb just added], unusual in a ring & not a very sturdy material to use as a ring stone as it chips & erodes easily. Is...
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