The plaster casts were made as impressions of engraved gems, mainly intaglios, but some cameos. They became a wildly popular collectible. James...
I see her as accompanied by a page who is holding her psalter/book of hours/prayer book. She does not quite appear to be praying at this moment.
This site is not easy to use, especially if you have no French at your command, but it is one resource for French makers' marks:...
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I can only think the lot was returned for not as described & seller has now decided to try selling piecemeal.
Welcome, marig. Nice to have another member with an interest in cameos. Yes. The natural counterpart would have been Michelangelo, but here's...
http://www.lifeofrileycollectiques.net/Nicodemus.htm https://clintonvillehistory.com/chester-nicodemus/
The signatures seem significantly different to me.
Unless your jeweller has an electronic metal tester, I assume a simple acid test was performed. Do you know where on the brooch the scraping was...
What a lovely, well made, little piece. The mount & the cameo look like contemporaries to me, 1890 - 1910. Excellent cameo, so would think the...
Friend reading over my shoulder thinks the same.
The cameos are 'real', natural shell & hand carved, but this alone does not give them any great value. As you yourself noted: And quality of...
Glad to hear it. She looks absolutely gawgeous now. :)
Think it's just as well the poet remain anonymous.
She almost certainly falls within that range. Might be tightened a little to 1855 - 1885, the period when working in shell was being taken...
An unusual one. Did we see this at the time of acquisition? Or am I thinking of something else? She's particularly lovely. A nice strong...
She is, as is, of course, the last one. I'm partial to Diana; yours is a very nice one. I suspect there is a code for identifying warriors like...
The striations are little channels that allow nutrients to pass through.
@Willcpfc What is going on at about 5 o'clock on the front? Looks less like Byne's & more like verdigris spreading from the frame. We need to...
Yes, any small relief could be considered a cameo, no matter the material. When people ask, Is it a real cameo?, they usually mean Is it really...
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