Part of a Christmas caroller set?
Generic pretty lady. Putting swirls on the background is distinctive of Italian cameos of the 1920s - 30s. Hey everyone - where did we just have...
Götterspeise, which looks like it should be God-spice. Jell-o sure did some marketing job to get it to be a synonym for gelatin. Ambrosia is the...
They look like pottery rather than steatite & show traces of faience glaze. The Egyptians have been making them for thousands of years in pretty...
@evelyb30 Check the scarab for Egyptian marks. [IMG]
An allegorical figure of Hope/Consolation. There's a bit more about her here:...
I have this one on the home page of Cameo Times: [IMG]
She's a sibyl. There's a great deal of confusion about which is which & I'm not where I can access my files, or I could sort it out for you...
https://www.hofer-antikschmuck.de/schmuckstuecke/schoene-muschel-kamee-mit-darstellung-der-hebe-italien-um-1930/a-593107/ The translator I use is...
She's very nice. Think she is still an idealized figure, not a portrait of an actual woman, but unusual in that her clothing, with that lacy...
With transgender re-enactors. Probably a Walter Scott novel or one of the Romantic poets.
They do also list in German, where they make more sense!
This is well below this seller's usual quality of cameo/intaglio offering. If you look at their other listings you will see several Poniatowski...
Just be careful it's not your head. :)
Intaglios are older than cameos because they originated as seals. One of the oldest types is the cylinder seal. Cameos are strictly decorative,...
The cameo I first thought was Michelini, then reassessed as probably 'Mocchi', has turned out to be my second Reverchon: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] On...
Don't ask, because I don't know: [IMG]...
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Seller is a friend. They originally had it listed as Judith with the head of Holofernes. Pointed out to them that Judith did not behead...
Milor is a prominent Italian jewellery manufacturer. The crystal bracelet looks home made. The Mexican bracelet is very handsome, set with...
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