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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 6620315, member: 5833"]First took a look in the one little monograph I have on Parian ware, It's not indexed, so my cursory look through the pix & bits of text that listed some of the subjects from the major makers did not turn up anything useful, other than that Minton produced a 'Naomi and Her Daughters In Law'. Possible they did other subjects from the stories of the great patriarchs & matriarchs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rebecca is a very natural interpretation, but I have doubts. I'm not sure she would be depicted bare-breasted this way, head uncovered, with the elaborate necklace. Does she wear 2 earrings or only 1? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/religious/rebecca-at-the-well" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/religious/rebecca-at-the-well" rel="nofollow">Rebecca appears in my space</a>, the cameo world, mainly in versions taken from the painting by Vernet, which includes Eliezer. When she is alone, elements, such as palm trees & camels, are included in the scene to situate it in Biblical times & to evoke Rebecca's story.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did notice in my Parian booklet that the big houses did a lot of allegorical figures. There's nothing conspicuous about this one to place her in that category, but...?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 6620315, member: 5833"]First took a look in the one little monograph I have on Parian ware, It's not indexed, so my cursory look through the pix & bits of text that listed some of the subjects from the major makers did not turn up anything useful, other than that Minton produced a 'Naomi and Her Daughters In Law'. Possible they did other subjects from the stories of the great patriarchs & matriarchs. Rebecca is a very natural interpretation, but I have doubts. I'm not sure she would be depicted bare-breasted this way, head uncovered, with the elaborate necklace. Does she wear 2 earrings or only 1? [URL='https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/religious/rebecca-at-the-well']Rebecca appears in my space[/URL], the cameo world, mainly in versions taken from the painting by Vernet, which includes Eliezer. When she is alone, elements, such as palm trees & camels, are included in the scene to situate it in Biblical times & to evoke Rebecca's story. I did notice in my Parian booklet that the big houses did a lot of allegorical figures. There's nothing conspicuous about this one to place her in that category, but...?[/QUOTE]
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