I made an unsuccessful attempt to find it, using some of the words you supplied earlier to describe it. While I was poking around, I thought,...
I don't know one way or the other, but does it sound like the US gov't to commission Cartier to make these?
Thank you both but, would you believe, I had a thought, Googled 'Spanish wedding', & there it was. Sheer luck that it is the title of the right...
The Spanish Wedding, Marià Fortuny i Marsal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Wedding In order to fill in all the space, fan artist had...
Bronwen now wonders if it is a leper begging for alms. The guy just in back of him has his hand in his jacket like Napoleon & the lady on the...
Or cufflink?
I was going to say Venice, fortunately OBB could add specifics. From here, at that angle, looks like it was cut in tiger cowrie.
Who the heck is this? [ATTACH]
Another possibility. Copy of a copy, one way or the other. I think of it as the Xerox effect.
Oh good, I was writing a whole bit that wasn't wrong, but wasn't right either. Good work.
The nurses' capes I am finding button similarly to this one; nothing useful comes up searching for nurses cape clasp or fastener. [IMG] The...
You can follow the devolution of cameos as the Victorian era was winding down. Cutters became distanced from the original art & the tales behind...
https://www.preachingsymbols.com/nimbus---halo.html It's not so usually given to Mary, but does solve the technical problem a halo would pose:...
Goin' 90, I ain't scary, 'Long as I got the Virgin Mary... :singing:
Catascopos could mean that you look down, back or through. Was wondering which one you had in mind? :happy:
Think it's called a nimbus.
Excellent. The truth will out. At least, on this forum.
The rondel beads look like they are a different material than the larger beads.
I can't speak for you piece, but it is quite common for cameo settings to have parts that show that are solid gold or at least gold filled, and...
To make it easier for the porcelain gurus: [ATTACH] Welcome Catascopos. 'Cata' is so flexible; which direction are you looking?
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