Have seen it in my own collection but don't think I ever tried to follow it up. My Beatrice Cenci: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is great to know....
Glad I prompted you to share the answer to the mystery with us. Brava, AJ!
Actually looks to me like a scarab beetle with the wings revealed. Have you thought at all along Egyptian lines?
Have you confirmed that it is Carnesecchi by comparing the inscription on yours to the examples of his signature shown on the web site? If so,...
I also covet it. :greedy:
I like them. They look like the sort of thing that might have been found at a crafts show in the heyday of such events. If artisan was active...
I would go with match holder before brush pot. No dimensions given, but looks on the small side.
I also see it as hardstone & a Christmas gift to an American Beatrice. There is no reason not to believe that the cameo is contemporaneous with...
Hey Cuz, how are all the dollies? Believe me, no one could have been more surprised than I was as tile after tile turned green. Have done it in...
It's like a curse has been lifted. I couldn't formulate my thoughts for the longest or take an interest in much of anything. Fingers crossed it...
Here is a fine Ariadne coming up for auction:...
Nor do I. Not natural material at all, IMO.
@Eos This is the Lithuanian cutter I mentioned in the PM. Do you see this mark anywhere? [ATTACH]
These are probably made other places as well, but lots are made in Israel for Christian tourists to the Holy Land. They come with variations in...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Suspect once upon a time, some gent wore this as a watch fob, but as already stated by all, a cylinder seal. Ancient or...
A very crude rendering of the Virgin Mary, Immaculate Conception, such as this: https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/immaculate-conception-55201
On color as photographed alone, stone could be iolite.
Then someone put her back very neatly. I call her Headband Girl. She is perhaps the most widely reproduced cameo design in the world, will be...
We crossed paths. From what I can see, does look like Carnesecchi. He tended to sign extremely lightly. I have one cameo that I remembered as...
Will be extremely interested to see if it is Carnesecchi, as will his descendant Gianpaolo. I see he has added a lot of genealogical material to...
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