Usually a combo of the 2. Value was all in an undoubtedly unique (or, as sellers would say, very unique) character of the carving & appeal of...
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Silverfish are anemic looking, like things that live in caves & very fragile. It does not take much to destroy one. The 'pedes have more of a...
There's a medical connection; they are all critters that can harm a human being.
They're around: https://www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/Angebote/titel=Tabulae+Entomologicae
If it were a V, the ship would be upside down. Modern Italian cameos can be weird, usually not that weird. I have a ring with monogrammed...
The genuinely nacreous productions of some poor freshwater mollusks, artificially induced. I don't know the whole story behind these pearls, but...
Maybe you should post it to the Militaria forum. Probably not an arbitrary design. China has been cranking out cameos with things like Masonic...
Lebeau?
The kindest word for it is 'aspirational'.
Talk about damning with faint praise. Trying to decide whether or not mediocre man/brave artist would be any better.
The satyr-faced helmet & 'scaled' armor are hers, as are a number of other attributes. The sea monster is not really proper to her, but later...
R&J are possible, although engravers also found inspiration in sources such as The Faerie Queene & Orlando Furioso. Without other clues in the...
Good find, you two. Artists, particularly sculptors & medal engravers, did sometimes do cameos, without being known for this area of their work....
My first thought was about that, then did the Cape May mark up. :)
Cameo is set in a piece of jewellery that makes it difficult to photograph. Deliberately not telling you what seller thinks it says, so as not to...
I see 2 that are probably painted porcelain miniatures. Which is your favorite?
The one I would have asked to see is the gent: [ATTACH] Extremely well done, hardstone, would have wanted to check for signature.
You're exactly right on the the subject: Bellerophon riding Pegasus to slay Medusa. Don't see this much, so saved to my 'Heroes' files. Cape...
Virtually all the natural materials used for cameos are porous to some degree, even chalcedony; many are also too delicate for harsh cleaning...
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