Have seen it called a shadow box setting.
I wouldn't discourage you from exploring the possibility of antiquity, but to my eye it looks more Art Deco signet ring that was never engraved....
Wonder why on the cameo the image is reversed? My 3 all face the same way as cameo M-H, so maybe it was Reverchon's better side.
I had a photo of your Marie-Henriette in my file for Reverchon but no close ups showing the inscriptions, so really appreciate your showing us....
I think of her as 'corsage lady' & she began to appear in 1930 or so. You still see her in the 1950s, but the construction of the earrings makes...
Have been searching for Roman soldier's rings. Not finding any really close match, but the shoulders on this one are something like yours:...
Thinking about it a bit more, it does have a feature I have noticed is consistent in Roman rings but rarely/never seen in modern designs: the oval...
Brass or bronze. In my very limited knowledge, it does not look Roman, but you might want to check this out: Antique and Ancient Finger ring...
According to Forrer, Reverchon, père, was born in 1829, his peak years appear to have been 1857 - 1881, having exhibited a stream mainly of...
Does resemble Nike/Victoria with a spear & shield but think MOS is correct that it is a wheel & therefore Fortuna. I would call it a signet ring.
Since it appears to be from Asia, perhaps for ink in the form of a dry cake that you drip water onto & make as you go?
I'd put it in with shadow boxes containing real pinned butterflies, or the rose murex I have that is mounted for table top display. More specimen...
If the Hopi warrior maiden is who I think she is, she is usually depicted as having her long hair coiled up in a whorl, a la Princess Leia, on one...
Owes something to the Four Great Beauties of China, I think.
Think it is more likely to be BOV, as in beverage, bouvoir, etc.
Final word looks to me like 'Main', French for hand, so word before it probably indicates hand made or hand painted. I see the same thing as Aqui...
The lady is holding a little perch for the bird, which to my mind brings the idea that the bird is trained, or is being trained, to hunt, or is a...
I have always seen this scene described as John the Baptist & suspect it probably is, but I cannot reconcile the depiction with the main tales....
I saw the auction listing. Really unusual, almost certainly French, but since it is ivory I couldn't get serious about it. I have long...
I can't quite get past her nostril. Wonder which Neri this was. The one I have says Neri. F. Roma. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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