The correct term is 'confronted'.
Looks like the kind of ashtray they used to fill with sand.
@DragonflyWink
Google says there are people actually named ' Hamyzer', but shows no artists among them.
We could call it a celery dish. They may be new but your pieces are lovely.
Or candy or nuts, perhaps.
In my inexpert language, I would call it a filing cabinet-secretary since it has that pullout writing surface. Really beautiful. Welcome matt54
Congratulations!
I agree with AJ that it looks very much like a French maker's mark & I would also like to see the rest of the ring.
So do I, but this was not a good time for fine cameos.
Think it would help if you showed the whole spoon. @DragonflyWink
It would relate to the setting, not to the cameo, so out of my realm.
Hope our jewellery generalists will weigh in on this question. The cameo will be Italian but the setting is most likely from elsewhere. It is...
The cameo looks 1950s, does not represent anyone in particular. If back is concave, it is shell.
See I misspelled it, but growing up heard it with the 's' sound in it, although makes no sense. Do you feel your vocabulary has been enriched? :)
This is raising questions for me too, although both parts may genuinely be Roman. In a couple of thousand years glass changes. This looks too...
I associate lilies with Gabriel. They often appear in paintings of the Annunciation. [IMG]
You don't want to see what I imagined a 'finger lamp' would be.
Another thing to look for when trying to distinguish a resin cameo from one cut in helmet shell is whether there is any curvature to the piece as...
Spot on. The backgrounds will vary but you can probably find matching pairs of figures. They are actually quite good in their own way. Don't...
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