Yes. The diamonds have a lot of fire in better light. The seller listed it as being by KAN, not realizing the third letter was pi. The pearl at...
Wonder if it's not JA|AG.
It was not uncommon for gem engravers of the Georgian period to sign on the front, often using Greek letters, but you are right that doing it so...
I'm ever astonished at what folks around here know.
I can see it with carnelian cabs. 'Feels' Chinese to me & not too large for the elaborate hairdos of the upper crust.
If it is OK? IF it is OK? We demand it!
I'm sort of the resident cameo expert here, so it's my job, you might say. Cameo education is my self-appointed mission.
Thanks. Sounds like the British Hello Kitty.
Noses on both male & female mythological figures were straight & strong in the classical & neoclassical periods. During the Victorian era cameo...
Even though they are indoors, my turtles tend to hole up on rainy days. Think they don't like being hit on the head by raindrops.
Excellent work. I'm amazed you were able to find so much. I have the 2 volumes of La Collezione Paoletti. As you probably know, pg 475 is in...
For us Yanks, who's Bagpuss?
He doesn't look look like a Kliban cat to me (they wear boots? Isn't that Puss?) but the blue coat is very like Beatrix Potter's characters.
Definitely has Schreger lines, so I vote ivory. @Any Jewelry Do you know this one? Looks like an empress to me but I'm sure the little bag she...
Think turtles represent longevity, but one of our experts may know better.
I like the turtle.
During the heyday of cameos, from Napoleon's court to the end of Victoria's reign, subjects from mythology dominated cameos. There were of course...
@kyratango Amazing as always on French items.
Wonder whether the gilding would be true ormolu.
Whew! If she's not ivory, she's even rarer. Have you tooth tested her?
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