Not really. They only meant you'd have to ask way more for a mediocre modern cameo in a plain silver frame than anyone would be willing to pay....
That's a question for someone who knows about diamonds, but 4 very small ones still have to be worth something. Can imagine a jeweller keeping...
It is. Sorry @bluumz There are carved amethysts, but more that are identified as that than really are. This would be an extremely expensive gem...
You were doing very well. i will add that #3 probably cracked when the diamonds were prised out.
It's turning into Cameo Week on antiquers.com! Let's see. [IMG] A pretty bar brooch with a not very good conch shell cameo. Probably 'reads'...
The cameo is Italian, just not made in the heyday of the fashion, before every Tommaso, Luigi & Filippo was hacking them out in a shed to meet...
Make that Proserpina, folks. Too late now to edit.
We can't tell, the photo is too blurry & a little underlit. I can't rule it out, but would need to see it better. Right now, looks artificial.
That is nice to hear. Guess I have rather been teaching a cameo appreciation class. If you find one that snares you, you must show us. :)
YW :)
This is similar, I think, with better photo: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152894121960 I think of her as W. German headband girl & she's everywhere,...
Helmet shell, a member of the Cassis family. Cypraecassis rufa is most likely. :)
I remember a 45 record in a box of powdered laundry detergent, in the 60s. Glen Campbell, if I recall.
They're serrated too. Space Age steak knives?
It's gigas all right. Find the story of the finding hard to credit, given the excellent condition of the shell & the geographic distribution of...
Has to be pronounceable & to make phonetic sense in some language. Helps to find someone, anyone who has the name you think you see, the way you...
I just know that the windows on the bus & some, but not all, sunglasses have the same effect on what you see when you look at a color change...
I have. They're all much too early. My guy is probably from the first 2/3 of the 19th century. But it was seeing that name when I was trying...
Forgot to say, Welcome, Roshan. Are you interested in cameos?
The arrogance & ignorance of most jewellers when it comes to cameos. They're doing you a favor by supplying a document you can show when you make...
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