I think we may have tossed it around without coming to a conclusion. Ask @Jivvy she has a better memory for what she has seen. It's possible she...
I thought of this; Mucha more likely. http://www.museumsinisrael.gov.il/en/items/Pages/ItemCard.aspx?IdItem=ICMS_IMJ_370470 [IMG]
I'm not sure what to make of the decoration around the frame. It is much less involved than most & the way there is an open loop of heavier gauge...
Can't think of a better way to pass the time than to go cameo shopping. Helmet shell cameo & 800 silver + marcasite setting both Italian. It's a...
Maybe here? http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/ They answer questions too.
I was toying with the idea that the stone was, or is meant to look as though it was, worked at a time & place without the use of diamond dust....
Looking on with baleful eye. :cyclops:
To my inexpert eye, it appears to be a surprising number of separate pieces soldered together. I was questioning whether stone that is there now...
Looks like many another swiveling hinged bail to me?
I still haven't entirely figured out how so many things that are nothing like turn up in a search for 'lava cameo'. Does not happen anywhere near...
There is no question the cameo is molded man made material. Whether cameo & mount were made by the same company or artificial cameos were ordered...
Seriously doubt it. Can't see the French making this, much less admitting to it. Quality lacking in every way. But valiant attempt to find a...
He's still welcome. :)
No doubt seller will say well, they did put that (very fine lined) box around the listed item on the photo. Hate this too. Or sellers who make...
Ah, well. Nothing ventured... And I always learn in these cases. Really do wonder if it was patinated to that degree from the beginning or...
I like the way the coral & the antlers of the Pernell Laate moose in front of it echo each other. You can just see another, smaller, moose just...
Very good, everyone. Would definitely want to know from seller how gold fineness was determined. I would probably ask if there is a visible mark...
Sherbet glasses? Can't see them as anything to drink out of.
This is spectacularly weird. Is it the shape of the stone that is irregular or the way it is positioned in the mount that causes it to line up...
Classroom exercise for group discussion. If you saw this [IMG] EXQUISITE HIGH RELIEF ANTIQUE LAVA CAMEO BROOCH OR PENDANT 14kt would you be...
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