Maybe we need to establish a category for cameos that qualify as primitive, or naif, or fauve or something.
A little bit sorry - but only a very little bit - that the thread on the cameo of Victoria got shut down. Would have added this excerpt from...
Yes, having the whole gang is unusual. The cutter had the sense to know that s/he (shell cameo cutting was promoted as a suitable hobby for well...
They look to me like a mix of spherical pearls & ones that are more baroque (any shape that's not a sphere). They are neither uniform nor...
Around here we call it expertise. I'm getting the feeling you just want validation of the assessment you have already made, no questions asked.
Is this solid or hollow? Could we get a clear closeup of the bottom of the feet?
If he had a watch & chain, he might have had a fob. Could the elephant have belonged to his father, uncle, etc.? As has already been suggested,...
Tommaso. 2 Ms & 1 S, not the other way around.
It's not the sizing so much as the lighting & the extraneous stuff around her. Try for some better pix of the whole piece when you're trying to...
I asked about signs of a beard with the thought that pix may be of the same boy at different ages.
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I didn't know about the famous mouth gap, but she seems to have had that little double chin from a fairly early age.
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(message just posted negates this one, but still some interesting bits) Could it have been this one?...
No rush. And you're sure it is Victoria & not one of her loyal subjects copying her hairstyle? There are a few such scattered here:...
I think the collar indicates a little boy still in short pants. I can't tell in the other photo whether or not he appears to be old enough to...
See the answer I just left you. Please choose just one thread. It gets confusing & less useful when a conversation about the same item gets...
Welcome, queen V. We have a dedicated little group of cameo devotees. There is an ongoing thread about cameos, to which you are free to add your...
Looks more like a drawing to me, although I'm not sure in what medium.
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