Must be by Rod Sterling: stare at it long enough and you enter the Twilight Zone.
I never see contemporary cameos set in the sort of bezel that was standard in the Victorian era. Pieces that have been set in Italy now typically...
I can't see him as Asian at all. Think Greg is closer: [ATTACH]
Fair point. With only a fraction visible, which might be of the back, my mind turned more to manufacturing marks than artistic ones.
It certainly will. So everyone will know what we are talking about, I took some desktop photos of several different ways a cameo can be held in...
If you have reason to believe it is German, might be AG.
I agree: formerly a bracelet panel in an elasticized bracelet; carved jet cameo set into a polished jet frame. It's the angularity of some of the...
Maybe it was something like this, only a jugate composition (2 overlapping profiles)? Think I have seen that, know there's a version with 3...
The cameo is probably late 1920s - 1930s, so post-nouveau in time period of creation, but pretty ladies had a way of lagging behind the times.
I don't think I've ever seen Day & Night in artificial material. Offhand, can't think of any regular glass or resin cameo subject that looks like...
Can you say 'Quick & dirty'?
The cutter used a drill to finish off the center of the roses & some little curls of hair. Those drill holes became perfect catch points for the...
You would at least recognize Hebe and Day & Night.
It is probably more saleable wearable than loose. Due to the current high price of gold, the situation has been that cameos of lesser quality...
If you are going to buy the Miller book, you want a later edition revised by Diana Jarrett. It is certainly comprehensive. I have never given it...
Think that mark is on the clip of the chain? No reason to assume those pieces were made by Eloi.
The firm was not Eloi Pernet until 1920. Translation of the relevant parts from this site: Charles Louis Eloi Pernet belongs to the third...
Both could be true, either because painter is considered especially desirable, or as an indicator of time period of making.
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Eloi Pernet. E.g.: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/eloi-pernet-cigar-cutter-18k-gold-pendant
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