Think turtles represent longevity, but one of our experts may know better.
I like the turtle.
During the heyday of cameos, from Napoleon's court to the end of Victoria's reign, subjects from mythology dominated cameos. There were of course...
@kyratango Amazing as always on French items.
Wonder whether the gilding would be true ormolu.
Whew! If she's not ivory, she's even rarer. Have you tooth tested her?
For an idea of pricing, you can do what we would do, do an eBay search for items matching the description of yours & specify only sold listings....
Wow, you are so lucky. Does appear to be Cleopatra, although the short hair is a bit of a mystery. I have no doubt of its authenticity. I...
We will all love to see them.
A Japanese importer bringing in Chinese stuff.
Thank you, Kiko. Trying to catch up. Surprised at the number of cameo related inquiries came in during my absence. Wouldn't you know. :kiss:
Thank you Tracey, for the endorsement. You might also like CameoTimes.com. Because these are so often described as cameos, I have seen lots of...
Thank you Sassy. :kiss:
You guys have me blushing. For more cameo viewing, see CameoTimes.com under Profiles. Marie is quite right that the hinge is 20th century,...
There's nothing Etruscan about it. Think anything with little applied beads gets labeled Etruscan because the decoration reminds people of the...
Bronwen can't add much. Helmet shell, Italian, 19th century. The theme of Cupid being teased by holding something out of his reach is a...
The way it is used on the box, 'Mandarin' seems more like a brand name than like a variety of coral, so searching for mandarin coral may not get...
Cameos are in relief, not flat or incised. Even when molded in glass or plastic, not hand carved in a natural material, they are considered cameos.
I love prehnite & don't see it here. Prehnite green is closer to blue on the spectrum than to yellow & is cloudy, not transparent. This looks...
My immediate impression was MOP, so glad to see that was confirmed. I'd be very leery of using ultrasound on them but have no direct experience.
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