Now you'll have the chance to handle one of these, compare the feel of the surfaces to that of hand cut hardstone, & report back. The process...
These seem to be virtually irresistible. Even when correctly described they still easily sell for $100+. Love the way auctioneer used 'modern'...
The subject is the ancient belief that the pelican is the most self-sacrificing of all parents, feeding its young with blood from its own breast....
[IMG] A modern oval cameo brooch in white metal frame Auctioneer's estimate 20 GBP - 30 GBP Additional fees apply 27.54% Inc.VAT/sales tax...
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@daveydempsey knows about these.
I vote tourmaline for the stone.
Think she is the Capitoline Venus. Mine is by Filippo Tignani, rectangular, set in a ring.
Not a can of worms, a very good question. I just read Anna Miller's section on ultrasonic cutting & she is speaking strictly about hardstone...
As the seller of the Worthpoint brooch said: "what is commonly referred to as Mary Gregory glass style".
Thank you, Holly. The article is riddled with inaccuracies, but the photo of ultrasonically worked shell is very interesting. I'm not home at...
This is a question to which I would really like to know the answer. My vague understanding has been that ultrasound is too forceful for shell....
If they are hardstone & you see duplicates, you can be sure, especially if modestly priced, that very little hand work went into them.
I pretty well agree with what evelyb30 said, except I don't think the third piece is mourning jewellery, it just happens to be black. Don't know...
The Romans would have called this a sistrum.
I don't either except there's a Persian cat one I see frequently that reminds me of my late beloved Aubrey, who was also white.
Most contemporary hardstone cameos you see now have been cut ultrasonically & dyed to unnatural colors: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The modern...
An interesting question. I certainly see resin cameos these days that are frighteningly realistic. The materials available today are phenomenal,...
It's quite a mashup. I can't tell what the putto on the far right is holding but the one next to him has a globe & pointer, on the ground in...
A good, coherent one. It still baffles me why, with all the helmet shell sections there must have been to choose from, the carver settled on that...
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