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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 12170041, member: 2844&quot;]Ditto.</p><p>Cameo carvers are entirely different artisans from diamond cutters. It has to do with traditional culture and even religion.</p><p>Most cameos are made in southern Italy (Naples etc), where people have always worn colourful dress and more flamboyant jewellery.</p><p>Ever since the fall of Antwerp in 1585 the diamond centre of the world has been Amsterdam. There is a reason for that. The rich Protestants of the north wore more subdued colours, often black, and jewellery in subtle tones. Pearls and diamonds were typical stones of the Protestant north. Expensive pieces to show off their wealth, but all in one or two colours to comply with their religion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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