Late 1800s, oldest. To my eye the piece looks molded, not a desirable thing when it comes to value.
I expect cameists working in the same city at the same time all knew each other.
Interesting thought. Michelini started out in Rome, where he had a shop, then moved to Paris 1929/30, where he again kept a shop in addition to...
I'm in the lava camp. Does not quite look like basalt. See https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=3
He is Zeus, wearing as headgear a modius, a corn measure, attribute of the Eastern god Serapis. The figure is usually called Zeus-Serapis or...
OK. Got it fixed: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/asclepius-hygeia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439707/
Her name is Hygeia, daughter of the famed physician & she is feeding the snake. Just discovered that my page on Asklepios & his daughter is...
Glass. Labradorite looks quite different. You can find it cut into a heart shape - I used to have one - which is probably why image search is...
Mad, bad, & dangerous to know. Maybe Shelley? https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04088/percy-bysshe-shelley
This is the way I usually see Byron: [ATTACH] Your fellow is certainly Byronic, whether or not the poet himself.
Looks like the donut got into him. What a darling. They want to see whatever you're doing. Since they can't jump on to tables & counters, they...
Ever since the price of gold got so high sellers have been calculating whether they would make more selling the piece intact or by scrapping the...
Do the dancing couple rotate?
From the photos you had from the seller, it does appear that there is more than one inscription, one of them more toward the edge that was not...
There is a maker or 2 you collect. Thought this was one of them. Who am I thinking of?
Looks more like HHW to me.
[ATTACH] Maybe this way up? So tantalizing, on the edge of legible.
For Bengel you want @kyratango
I'm not absolutely certain from photos, but think stone is what is known as nicolo: banded agate with a thin, translucent white layer over a black...
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