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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2013, 10:00:07 am »
Just some dish soap and water on a Q-tip and rub the back to see if its dirt, smoke, ect !!  Drop of dish soap to tablespoon of water !!
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2013, 10:18:09 am »
here are 2 more pics. .in a jpeg format.
I don't have a scale but it is really light.

Mart / KC- I don't know her ancestry, and yes it looks just as dark yellow as the pics. I laid it next to a ruler. hope this helps.

IPcress /Ghopper- neither of you have to "eat your shorts". but I will take that as you don't believe it to be Ivory, got it.
 but do you have any useful information? ie. Era? whom is on it? who made it?
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2013, 10:57:39 am »
Actually I don't know what the material is, I was just completing Ipcress' thought.

The cameo looks like a Greco-Roman goddess figure like Hera/Juno or perhaps It's an allegorical figure like "Liberty" or "Wisdom." Without more to go on my wild guess is that it's from ca. 1900, though it could also be from the early 19th century neoclassical period.
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2013, 11:59:36 am »
Looks to me like it could be a 1930's celluloid cameo. GG
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2013, 02:35:53 pm »
Don`t think its celluloid with that graining !! It looks to me like hand carved bone with that lengthwise graining and it has a few scratches from the carving process, but the mounting does not appear to be gold !! So this to me says that it was an inexpensive cameo when it was purchased !!  Probably around 1900 or slightly after !! I am guessing that the cameo part was possibly dyed to make it stand out in the setting better !!
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2013, 02:44:30 pm »
Looks like a resin to me.
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2013, 04:59:29 pm »
He has already checked for resin !!
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2013, 05:17:48 pm »
Quote from: mart on March 19, 2013, 04:59:29 pm
He has already checked for resin !!
Maybe you should lend him a pair of your cheaters.... ;D....
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2013, 06:24:53 pm »
Quote from: mart on March 19, 2013, 04:59:29 pm
He has already checked for resin !!

More than one type - are you talking about the needle test ? It doesn't always work
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2013, 07:34:58 pm »
Did you enlarge it and look at it ??  Resin doesn`t have grain like that  !!
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2013, 08:06:13 pm »
The setting resembles more of that you would see in late 1800's to early 1900's.  Need a better closeup of the cameo face please.

When I first saw this I thought it might have been a lava cameo...but the graining has to be stone or bone - most likely the later.
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2013, 08:11:59 pm »
Well, At least KC agrees with me !!   Those last pics will enlarge KC,, if that helps !!
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #27 on: March 19, 2013, 09:55:09 pm »
If those are grapes on her head, could be one of the Bacchante girls. ;)
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2013, 02:39:45 am »
Quote from: mart on March 19, 2013, 07:34:58 pm
Did you enlarge it and look at it ??  Resin doesn`t have grain like that  !!
If thats resin...he won,t have to eat is shorts...i,ll eat them for him.... ;D
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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2013, 03:29:02 am »
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This particularly lovely antique shell cameo captures a classical Mediterranean enchantress with a grape vine wreath adorning her flowing locks. A beautiful carving with a rope motif frame of rose gold.  Price: $1,150.00

http://www.langantiques.com/products/item/50-1-2668

http://www.langantiques.com/products/type/cameos/publish_date/desc/all




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