Kept meaning to say that you must have looked like the goddess Flora.
Any Jewelry is knowledgeable about items from Asia, but perhaps has not seen this thread.
She would have been cut in Italy. Germany, particularly the Idar-Oberstein region, is known for its hardstone cameos. The ones that resemble...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/152914953/rare-vintage-chinese-hand-carved-wooden...
And I was actually looking for some calipers suited to my needs earlier today.
Wondered if this thread would come to a conclusion so I could check my own assessment that all were artificial. Not that some man made ones don't...
Looks like maybe the Damascene-framed Flora has an acid etched signature on the back? Hard to tell with the reflections.
I'm going to put my money on little Japanese children with melons & wait for someone who actually knows something to come along to sort out this...
For putting new holes in really, really big belts?
Tried to find anything that might give a clue. As for art, these are along the same lines:...
Someone will know better, I'm just going by the tiny bit I know. Is it possible this is Japanese? Or maybe China has similar traditional...
It is nice to have others with an interest to share with. There are not so many of us around. And so say the other residents of my house:...
As everyone is getting to know, I heartily endorse that.:cat::turtle:
Don't need to tell you that your conch shell bacchante & forward facing helmet shell Flora, she of the much admired setting, are particularly...
We'll never know if cutter was seeing spots or just showing off what could be done with the material, but I like that this one has not been all...
Thank you, Girl. A welcome is always welcome, no matter when it arrives. One of my pet peeves is that so much gorgeous work is not signed, yet a...
In the field of glyptics, stone cameos & intaglios are all referred to as engraved gems &, even though it is common to say a cameo is 'carved',...
Some earlier examples: http://www.medieval-rings.com/rings/renaissance-blackamoor-cameo-ring-35225 http://wb.britishmuseum.org/MCN9979#1469229001
Another of the shell ones. [ATTACH]
This one http://www.ebay.com/itm/192324415288 and others in which the figure is dark brown instead of absolutely black look to me like they...
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