That was it. We've had so many cameo-related threads in the last week or so, I lose track of what I saw where. :)
[IMG] Described as Small Heubach Figurine "Wearing Mommy's Shoes"
Not sure how helpful this is, but: http://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/fake-egyptian/fake-scarabs.html
My first thought too, but not in that precarious standing position. Too much risk of falling off if the piano shawl got moved at all.
Part of a Christmas caroller set?
Generic pretty lady. Putting swirls on the background is distinctive of Italian cameos of the 1920s - 30s. Hey everyone - where did we just have...
Götterspeise, which looks like it should be God-spice. Jell-o sure did some marketing job to get it to be a synonym for gelatin. Ambrosia is the...
They look like pottery rather than steatite & show traces of faience glaze. The Egyptians have been making them for thousands of years in pretty...
@evelyb30 Check the scarab for Egyptian marks. [IMG]
An allegorical figure of Hope/Consolation. There's a bit more about her here:...
I have this one on the home page of Cameo Times: [IMG]
She's a sibyl. There's a great deal of confusion about which is which & I'm not where I can access my files, or I could sort it out for you...
https://www.hofer-antikschmuck.de/schmuckstuecke/schoene-muschel-kamee-mit-darstellung-der-hebe-italien-um-1930/a-593107/ The translator I use is...
She's very nice. Think she is still an idealized figure, not a portrait of an actual woman, but unusual in that her clothing, with that lacy...
With transgender re-enactors. Probably a Walter Scott novel or one of the Romantic poets.
They do also list in German, where they make more sense!
This is well below this seller's usual quality of cameo/intaglio offering. If you look at their other listings you will see several Poniatowski...
Just be careful it's not your head. :)
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