The most common cameo version is based on a painting by Vernet. [ATTACH]
As everyone has already said, it's a fob seal, never engraved. If the gold is 15ct, it is probably rock crystal. A lovely thing, she says,...
Are you sure it's Bluto & not the Mouth of Sauron?!
It's possible cutter cobbled it together from 2 or 3 different versions. I have a Raphaelesque Madonna that appears to be a mix of elements from...
The Cupid Seller makes a delightful cameo subject. The original fresco was found in the excavation of Stabiae, one of the towns buried in the...
And, judging by tags, it was found in Rotterdam
Author makes this statement, 'Pure black chalcedony is rare', but does not support it in any way. It may be out there somewhere, but it is safe...
The latter. I'm leaving the art historian bit to the artist. :D
The only one I would advise you against is the last one, the modern helmet shell piece, even though it is signed, unless she really really appeals...
Michelangelo worked in an assortment of stories & figures into the spandrels of the Sistine Chapel, including Judith. They think he gave...
It is unquestionably Judith, right after beheading Holofernes, about to pop his head into the sack her maid is holding open. It is a particularly...
You're not going to find it if you insist on calling it a still life. :)
If you two don't behave, I'll have to separate you!
I thought Malta too, but maha, as in maharaja, means great & this looks like the grand mosque somewhere. Just free associating here.
'Apple' coral seems like a term 'used in the trade', which is to say not scientific & not necessarily used in a consistent way. Sources with...
This turned up when I was doing a bit of poking around into Mary Gregory peices:...
This question was meant more for other members who know this sort of thing. Because I'm always looking at listings for cameos & people sometimes...
Decent cameo earrings always do well, although these look like they are missing some marcasites or other stones?
Some members of the Spondylus family are quite beautiful. The other possibility is 'apple coral'.
Bog 'oak' (the wood is not necessarily oak) was my first thought on the brooch.
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