It's spell check that should be apologizing. :)
Can 'slumped' be used to describe the glass?
Probably not.
The bust in progress looks to me like a natural material other than bone. I don't know what was in the designer's mind, but this could be seen as...
I think of her as the Goddess of Comeuppance.
I would venture the Medusa cameos themselves are Italian, bought in quantity by the brooch maker.
Cherubim have wings.
The first one is like depictions of the infant Samuel praying.
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Maybe it's the mask for the besotted swain, always good for a laugh.
Agree that France is the most likely origin. It is beautifully made. I would think late 19th. Check the outside edge of the C for a boar's head...
The way Medusa is displayed on this cameo looks decades later than they are claiming for the brooch.
Almost always has wings. For an array of cameo Medusas: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/medusa
Has a Chanel feel to it.
Tassie called the white glass paste he developed with Dr. Quin in Ireland 'enamel'. The lava glass pieces are much newer, although still probably...
I haven't seen anything listed as this in a long while, but could it be what is called 'lava glass'? Unless the grainy coating is worn or chipped...
The one place I saw this, in a Q&D reading, was when 'th' was voiced, as in 'this' & 'that.' Gives it a Welsh look, presumably in use in Scotland...
Hmm. Does appear to be Pan & you're right that it would be odd to garland him with roses, although I see some leaves that could be grape leaves....
They look like pig-nose turtles. Any chance these come from New Guinea or thereabouts?
Thalia & Melpomene (Muse of tragic poetry) from Pompeii: [ATTACH] Melpomene, with a dagger: [ATTACH] Judith: [ATTACH]
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