The cameo is resin, chipped resin. The whole piece looks inexpensively made to me & the price for the green one is unrealistic. I would not...
Think this is the one Teri means: [IMG]
Henry Ford II was known around town as Henry the Deuce.
@Simona Buhus Other points: Material is helmet shell. It has a nice feature in that the white layer has been polished to a gloss, making it look...
Fridolina is hot on the trail. To date I have seen only 2 versions of this cameo. Ones like Simona's (this one is mine): [ATTACH] And ones...
Word of the day: "gripoix"....
Add me to the chorus.
Sorry to hear because the cameo alone is so well done & the frame suits her, just not up to snuff. Pinchbeck, perhaps.
From the site at the link I provided: "Ruthenium is often alloyed with palladium or platinum to harden these materials for use in the...
It's probably plated with an alloy of ruthenium & palladium.
Ruthenium? https://www.sharrettsplating.com/coatings/ruthenium
https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/day-and-night
I'm not sure why it is thought to be by someone other than Plé?
The Bonham's link: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20081/lot/2090/ [IMG]
Might help to get his name spelled correctly:Henri Honoré Plé.
Someone cared about the piece enough to have the closure made more secure.
@marig Here's a terrible (darn tremor) photo of my little brooch with Michelangelo & Raphael confronted. [ATTACH] You can see the cameos are...
[IMG] [IMG] @BellaSarah Welcome to Antiquers.com What a lovely thing to find in a box of 'Old Stuff'. Luigi Rosi was active at that address in...
It's the extremely rare contemporary jeweller who knows the first thing about cameos, although they are quite happy to make a pronouncement with...
Perfectly sound ones. :)
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