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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10398786, member: 5833&quot;]Oooh.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing all these pretties.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Think your little green flower would be a forget-me-not.&nbsp; A couple of my Hours cameos, although in conventional sardonyx, not green, also have a satin finish background layer.&nbsp; Guessing a distinctive practice of certain workshop(s).</p><p><br /></p><p>Agree the amazing Chinese piece uses some type of cowrie shell.&nbsp; Flower looks more like a variety of poppy to me, rather than a peony, but I&#039;m no botanist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The labradorite:&nbsp; First off, special commendation for photography of a very difficult subject.&nbsp; It&#039;s a beautiful specimen of the mineral.&nbsp; The thickness would be prudent given that labradorite has &#039;perfect cleavage&#039;, so highly vulnerable to fracture.&nbsp; There&#039;s a touch of &#039;The Fair Circassian&#039; to her, I think.&nbsp; Have seen way more pieces attributed to Schmidt than known to be by him.&nbsp; His real specialty seems to have been in finding the potential in iridescent stones in matrix.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tignani was more variable in the way he signed his work than any other engraver I have encountered.&nbsp; Have wondered whether incisore/graveur/engraver reflects the language of the client commissioning the work.&nbsp; He also used Roma/Rome/Romano.&nbsp; If we did not know the date, she could easily be a little girl of our own time, couldn&#039;t she?&nbsp; Don&#039;t think I would have noticed the loss to the edge of the ear if you hadn&#039;t pointed it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the blue &amp; white piece definitely Wedgwood?&nbsp; I have not seen this image of two fearful, fleeing putti before.&nbsp; It reminds me a bit of cameos based on the painting &#039;<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435997" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435997" rel="nofollow">The Storm</a>&#039;, except the figures do not look so happy.&nbsp; Reflections in the photos make it look as though it&#039;s under glass.&nbsp; Appears to have findings for a variety of uses.&nbsp; Maybe someone proud of her long neck &amp; proudly held chin thought she could manage it as the clasp on a 12 strand pearl choker?&nbsp; (Or hiding a double chin?)&nbsp; Clearly it was a brooch at some time.&nbsp; Certainly large enough for a belt or sash buckle.&nbsp; I find pieces that bear signs of the preferences &amp; remodeling efforts of previous owners fascinating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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