Yes, Brazilian.
Luciano Senna. https://www.obrasdarte.com/luciano-senna-e-seu-universo-ludico-por-edmundo-cavalcanti/?lang=en
Aniano, I think. Unless that's the name of the series, not the artist. There's an Aniano Martinez who died, age 80 in Miami, 2004.
What is the material visible on the bottom?
I thought I was making it up because that's how jaspers, which are any opaque chalcedony, get named, by their resemblance to something, & I...
That was a very good deal. Shows how most people value cameos by the worth of the setting & not the quality of the workmanship of the cameo itself.
DON'T SPRING THINGS LIKE THAT ON ME! There are enough frightful things around as it is & it's not Halloween yet.
My immediate reaction was also that it illustrates a story. Could be the original art from which prints were made in the book. Pilgrim's...
Definitely not. :) [ATTACH]
I'm tempted to call this one Monet jasper & leave it there. I like the way the stone works with the metals.
Rainbow calsilica? Or am I making that up?
Sort of thing you would have seen at crafts shows here in the US in the 1980s.
There's a specific name for that stone I can never remember. Someone will come up with it. Very nice.
It's carved in conch shell. Cameo is better than the ring it is set in. Quite pretty. She needs a bath. Dish soap, water & a soft toothbrush...
All of the above.
I would have done the same. I was just tempering expectations. I know from my own field that not every man who got his portrait carved was...
Chances are good when there's that much interest early on.
How tall is the bust itself? Looks like a good sized chunk of ivory.
Could be someone whose bank account was even larger than his ego but who did not cut a high public profile. He would have done better not to...
Unless the lily brooch is one of a kind, which I'm guessing it's not, I don't think you can assume the pearl is a river pearl. Manufacturer would...
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