I think the cats could knock it over in a trice.
Yum! I'd walk like an Egyptian for that.
The beads of the second necklace look like helmet shell to me, just using a liberal amount of the white layer.
This might qualify as Vaseline glass.
"Aqeeq" is the word I was trying to think of. And, now that I've got it, have to think it is "agate" (from the river Achate) by another name.
Carnelian/cornelian is what we call chalcedony that is orange - brownish orange. Darker, browner shades are called sard. Agate is chalcedony...
I'm sure as we go along many intaglios that get posted will be set as jewellery or in accessories such as fobs, so that seems to me like its...
Suspect you would say the same about the one that belonged to my grandmother, if condition is what you're going by. Think those slotted screws...
As photographed, this looks like red jasper rather than carnelian. Jasper is opaque; carnelian is translucent. Both are forms of chalcedony. I...
@GreekAntiques For a real intaglio rabbit hole: Eyes Have It: Are These Intaglios the Same?
I am fond of Roman glass that is meant to look like banded agate, although there are many in a green & blue combo that could never pass as a real...
An Intaglio Thread is born! Yes, Lark, bring'em on. Are yours also engraved on carnelian/cornelian? I have read there is a legend that the...
I braved your link, but got a message saying I needed to request access, so backed out. My grandmother was about the same age as yours. I have...
I agree with AJ that Jewelry is the right forum but think this should remain a separate topic from Cameos. The question in my mind is whether it...
@Houseful Didn't get the tag, presumably because there was no space between the @ & the . in front of it. As you perceive, the cameo is resin....
Maybe this: https://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/how-to-use-a-comparator-mirror.html
Think the question is whether or not to have a separate thread for cameos with portraits of persons who were alive in more than imagination only...
I vote new thread for cameos of historical persons (including non-notables) so we can find them more easily. Think I only have notables:...
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The touring exhibit that started off at the Met in 1976 is the one people seem to remember. I don't know how many cities the one that came...
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