Yes, late 40s - 50s. She is much more nicely carved than many from that period. Do you ever wear her? That 'ding' in the metal would be a mark...
I have it. Maybe it's Potiphar shopping for a wife. He was a general, so soldier's gear suits him. Maybe Pharaoh offering him a reward for...
We did in the Cameos Show & Tell thread. Not all of our conversation there was recapped here. It's my opinion that the lion & dog indicate a...
Welcome, Fridolina. I can't tell from the style of carving because the carving follows a statue of Venus & is done the same way no matter when...
An interesting suggestion that would ground the cameo scene in a well known story. Most artistic representations seemed to be along these lines:...
Kiko, you gave me my 49,000th 'like'. I'm going to bed now. G'night.
The cutter of the cameo made some alterations to the background, & gave more prominence to the brazier, which has been given swan legs. He has...
[IMG] Jacques-Louis David
I'm finding lots of pictures of the Emile Bruchon swinging clock, not the one we're looking for: [IMG]
That thread also had a link to a swinging one said to be 'Juliana':...
Assuming the guy who cut it knows some history. The dancing girl has an art nouveau feel for me, while the fellow on the left could have been...
With tiny chisels & scorpers.
Have you found anything that identifies the maker of these rather eccentric clocks?
Just now appreciating what a good job the cutter did with conveying the depth of the room. A better sense of perspective than is commonly seen.
The Ptolemies were Greek, a line descended from a general Alexander the Great left behind to govern the region. Alexandria is named for A the G....
There you have it.
He turns up regularly on cameos.
Yes, but it looks like he is also wearing some kind of head covering? Maybe some princeling looking to acquire his first harem girl?
They look like guards to me.
I don't know what the cutter had in mind, but they vaguely remind me of Zeus-Serapis: [IMG] a conflation of Zeus with the Egyptian god Serapis....
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