If the undecorated side of the 'locket' is stone, I imagine the intention was to have that side engraved, & the pendant to be worn with either...
'Mudhead' is the beginning & end of what I know.
P. Korkidis in transliteration. https://www.explorecrete.com/business/shopping/hersonissos-korkidis/ceramics-korkidis.htm
Or Schafer & Vater?
Welcome, Boo. Your cameo is hand cut in helmet shell. Pretty ladies of this type do not represent anyone in particular. This one is probably...
Could it be a cheese dome rather than for butter. The grape motif fits better with wine & cheese.
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I think he's the Genius of Light moved forward from his place in the fresco over the horses.
The figures are classical Greek in style. Maenads, the female followers of the wine god Dionysus (Roman bacchantes/Bacchus.) Not uncommon...
I'd clear off space on the table for anything from the Miseroni workshop.
It's easy to imagine that she might have been given these as gifts, perhaps 1 when she turned 18, others as engagement or wedding anniversary...
Suspiciously like the lead figure in this well known fresco by Guido Reni: [ATTACH] I have a couple of cameos like her: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Welcome, Merry. How nice to have these handed down to you. The cameo who is wearing a necklace herself is said to be en habillé, dressed. These...
Miriam Makeba was fabulous. How gorgeous she was when she began to appear with a shaved head was a revelation to me. Along with Harry Belafonte,...
Just took a look at their page on this. It's really for fine jewellery, as a way of backing up seller's representation when it comes to precious...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These turn up on the market as Aurora, but it seems clear to me that Schmidt knew it was Iris, sort...
Think it could well be, although every carved opal you see is tentatively attributed to him. But the way the opal & matrix are used here is...
Just to pile on, freshwater pearls & quartz chips.
I was watching this & thought it sold for something like 40,000 GBP, or substantially below estimate anyway. See now the listing says 'Amended'....
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