That makes sense.
It's a curse. What's the opposite of dyslexic? Eulexic?
I don't think they're so gauche as all that. Maybe gouache. :happy:
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St. Christopher. A fur clip?
Well done coral piece. Does look like she was once a post earring. It would be nice if she could be wearable again. I've been toying with the...
I would have done the same & felt the same. At least the carver made something beautiful with it. It is definitely ivory.
Last name could be Scarletta. Guessing notation indicates artist's proof.
No, a different mold. Just wanted to show that the type is out there in multitudes. Resin cameos mimicking helmet shell in color are getting...
This one appears to be shell, 1950s/60s. For $8, how wrong can you go? It's the sort I think of as a starter cameo, the kind you buy before you...
Pierrette & Pierrot, perhaps, but not any more successful searching. When I see a company name with initials ending in G, my thoughts turn to...
[ATTACH] Known as Ponytail Girl to her friends, she does turn up carved in shell, but most are resin, like the one in the photo from your blind...
Or here: [ATTACH] On this sort of piece I see marks most frequently out around the edge on the flat rim & often enough smashed right into a...
It's an odd design. Pinned on with the base of the triangle down, it is going to rock forward, so the apex sticks out & cameo might then be hard...
Thank you for your kind words. I get so much enjoyment out of cameos, hate to see people shy away from them because they think they are too...
Hi Ashley, The cameos are both glass. The second I know to be Czech; it is quite likely the first is also. This does not mean the brooches were...
The Casco people (they deal in contemporary Italian cameos) recommend leaving oil on overnight to 'hydrate' them & also suggest commercial...
He strikes me as a caricature of a monk, with a Bible under his arm.
Thanks for finding that out. More expensive than I imagined. Endorsements given seem to be from representatives of companies, who can of course...
Way back on page 7, post 131, I showed these cameos of Perseus: [IMG] and said: Since then have realized the part I was reading as possibly...
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