Except it's memento mori, a reminder that death is always near. It looks like bog oak to me & wonder if it's not a simple souvenir for a girl...
Excellent piece. As you already know, she is the goddess Ceres/Demeter with some of her attributes: grain; flowers; a sickle (with an...
In all honesty, I don't think the ring can do much of any better than scrap value. The cameo is not a particularly good one & the crack is...
IMO, cameo 40s/50s, probably set in the same country where you are. Cameo itself would be Italian.
Cecilia was not dirty from handling; she had an applied coating meant to bring out the contrast. The coating was water soluble & came off easily....
I see the letters to the right of the lozenge as No (superscript), numero.
She's a well developed girl. Match or spill holder I would think.
What leads to this conclusion? Such a specific date is more likely to be for a patent.
Saint Cecilia was originally buried in the catacombs of Saint Callixtus (Callisto). Her body was later moved to her church in Trastevere.
[IMG] Carlo Dolci
In this case she cleaned up easily. An hour's soak in tap water with a dab of dish soap & a brushing down with a child's toothbrush.
I bought her in part because I just wanted to see how she would look cleaned up. She has an unusually good head/face for a fairly small piece &...
Thank you. Yes, this is my latest acquisition.
As the seller showed her: [ATTACH] As she is now. St. Cecilia, souvenir of the Catacombe S. Callisto, Roma. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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That curly hair does not look native American to me. What's on her head?
There is some handwriting on the bottom. I've read in these pages that the very small hole in the bottom indicates earlier, original work. As...
I vote fawn.
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Reflects back the purplish-blue UV light.
Separate names with a comma.
