Top name would be Carnesecchi. We've had him quite a bit in the Big Thread o' Cameos & when we see them have been alerting a descendant who has...
Intervention of the Sabine Women. [ATTACH]
Hector saying farewell to his wife, Andromache. A nurse is holding their son, Astyanax. Trojan War.
Is the maker's mark, if that's what it is, on the back painted on or a sticker? If painted, why didn't the crazing reach to there? If a sticker,...
:hilarious::hilarious: Spalted something. Maple?
Looks like there's crazing on the back but not on the front? If so, that would be a red flag for me.
Don't bother with the cameos. No great shakes there.
I'm for Rebekah, who met Eliezer when she went to the well to draw water & got drafted to be Isaac's wife, and for David, the shepherd who took on...
Yep, a very good price.
Is she Jemima's cousin?
My feeble historical sense is saying Regency.
He had such a long tenure, there are many cameos of him floating around. James Draper, the Met curator who assembled Cameo Appearances, had a...
Think I've mentioned its availability in hard copy, forgetting they had made it open access on line. It was the museum bulletin issued when there...
That one is in a museum (Birmingham if I remember) who describe it as possibly Phaeton. It found its way into a book on Victorian jewellery,...
A cake server with an engraved date makes me think wedding or anniversary memento, although not sure how the Roman III fits. Name looks like...
This is a great example of how cameo subjects can mutate over time: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334942513475 [ATTACH] Despite the seller's...
Wouldn't want to hear the sound the cherubs are making.
The amethyst (?) earrings at the upper right look promising to me.
Are you concerned about the paint or the glaze?
Welcome, Eleonora. What we're saying is that the box is not natural stone of any type. It is a man made material, either Incolay Stone or one of...
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