Yes, Mary, in a very traditional presentation. [IMG] Does she have a bit more of a face than photo captured? She is nicely carved, not...
I do a lot of this sort of thing trying to find the original art that is the primary image for one cameo or another. In my experience, you find...
Last night I did a little more playing around & pulled out a small case of jewellery I had not examined with the UV light yet. Most things just...
Most of the time I hate to see things scrapped, but if the stones have little to no value, & you don't like the design, which looks to me like it...
The 'ca. 1750' 'wax' cameo is also their single example in the one page section on 18th century cameos. Most English language literature on cameos...
It says 18. VI, except rotate 180.
Another source of inspiration could be poetry, although that does not in any way rule out a religious theme. Spenser & the Romantic poets were...
It would not be Circe: [IMG]
Gives a terminus post quem for the framing, some clue as to date.
If it is a Christian/lions image, appears she is not in the arena but in the quarters where the cats stay between shows. At least it's not this:...
I loved Yertle the Turtle.
To save everyone from having to bring this bracelet to my attention: [IMG]
I'm getting a more Mistress of Beasts feeling from it. The woman does not seem in any peril.
The left hand critter being bitten (I think) rather looks like a hyena.
Any possibility the mouth is that wide to accommodate a tongue that big & the tongue is that big because this is functional as well as decorative,...
I'm not seeing an attack on a boar on the left. More like 2 big cats wrestling, or even a mother washing a resistant older cub. My first...
Also looks like carver worked with the natural shape of a small branch & the 'foot' is where nature put it, not where the carver would have preferred.
In English, traduce means something very different from traduire.
You are most welcome, Giulissa. If you provide us with good photos & clear questions, all will be OK.
Erté?
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