It's the head on the panther skin he's wearing. Looks like yours has a ram's head instead.
I have always been happy to buy unset cameos when they are something I like/find interesting, precisely because they cost less. I've always said...
The lion is well known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_lions
Afraid not. They would have been eBay listings & were saved in late 2018 & early 2019, so links would probably be dead by now anyway.
Yes, ever since the price of gold got so high it has been happening quite a bit. It breaks my heart when some beautiful carving gets damaged due...
The Dionysus looks like Vulcanite or similar. It tends to go brown with age. [ATTACH]
Maybe doesn't rise to the level of 'museum quality', but quite respectable, especially for the price.
Definitely superior work. Nothing with him to say whose hand it was? The cameo below him is Victorian, but the gent is from another time. Think...
By default the lady is usually considered to be Flora, although whether or not the cutter had any such thing in mind other than a pretty lady...
Very pretty: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/day-and-night?start=2 Yours is reversed.
Is this some mix of inlay & stone dying? In pix there are places where the line between 2 colors is not as sharp is it would be with inlay.
Suspect the chain for the pendant is Italian.
I have seen engraved oyster shells, but not a painted one before. My impression is that they are souvenirs from seaside places. [ATTACH]...
Connected with Carnivale?
@Figtree3 Thanks for keeping the conversation going & leading Dory back to useful earlier posts. :kiss:
Thank you, PA. The gents are starting to all look alike to me. Nice finally to have another lady, they are really so uncommon.
Ratsy, I haven't forgotten you. The cameo is quite a new one & I have no good resources for names of modern cutters. Interesting to see one that...
You already have guidance on the cleaning. There is no problem cleaning a shell cameo itself with mild soap & tepid water. Any issues arise from...
That's exactly what it is. This type appeared in the early 20th century. If they were as unreliable when new as I find many of them these days,...
Compartment with beveled, now broken, glass may have held a woven hair memento. This sort of thing: [IMG]
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