'[W]arm tones of the cameo evident on hair and cheek.' Think it just looks dirty, with maybe a tinge of the next orange layer.
One of the things I like about my bald guy is the bumps in his skull. So sounds like what you say. The Mrs. wore regularly & tended to finger it.
I found him at the American Antiquarian Society site so I would not have to take a screen shot of a screen shot, but the photo is still too blurry.
Do you think it's eroded? Or did Stephenson just get down to where he had too little of the white layer left to give it much definition....
I'm still mulling this over. The garment Diogenes is wearing under his classical drapery looks like an anachronism to me, which makes me question...
Collectivley they're a spectacle. Not sure how spectacular, not compared to the truly spectacular pieces in the glyptics world that are far...
He is the kind of obscure cameo cutter I seem to have made a specialty & I did seriously consider him. I did a lot of research for my friend in...
I have tangential history with this one & would be interested in seeing the link for last year's sale. I have only the one for 2018:...
Being a a language girl, I was tickled by this: They share a cruciform design consisting of an equal-armed cross with expanded terminals and...
The name on the first plate looks like E. Renner to me. The image at the center of the RD plate is Athena, based on some ancient coins. The...
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/lawrences-auctioneers-of-crewkerne/catalogue-id-srlawre10149/lot-3b706ece-f873-4fde-97da-ac98...
The one in the Invaluable auction sold for $120.
"In it, Wieland criticizes enthusiasm and dogmatism and instead pleads - in the spirit of enlightenment - for a measured, cosmopolitan way of...
We got to talking about cameo portraits of gentleman in the signature help thread. I have a handful that are signed, but a couple of favorites,...
I'm going to put a couple of my unsigned favorite guys in the Show & Tell thread.
He has now achieved Pinterest immortality: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/163396292720708257
I see the head look, but think it may just say 15. [ATTACH]
We do know from the GoodReads site that this is not a first edition.
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The Minton calendar arrived today. Makes me feel I'm living in luxurious surroundings just to look at the pictures. Thank you so much MOS, for...
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