Featured JUST FINISHED WIGGLING THRU JUNE MAINE A.D......SOME GOODIES TO

OGLE!!!! And a couple @Bronwen might be familiar with?? BUT THE FIRST one is from JOURNAL of ANTIQUES: (M.A.D. IS AFTER THAT!!) Sorry, just didn't have time for more this time!!!

 

Wow, wow!!!!! thanks for sharing

 

FABULOUS !! ... Joy.

 

I'm surprised the fan shaped brooch right above the cameos sold for so little.

They don't really give you an idea of why the Zeus was priced so highly. It counts as a cameo, but is more of a miniature relief sculpture done in a single piece of citrine.

I always find it ironic that a piece like the Napoleon, even if the quality of the execution were no better, would have sold for much more if it were signed by any recognized engraver of the time.

For both it says they were 'priced at $.... Were they sold for that? In what venue were they offered?

Think someone got overly caught up in tales of Tithonus. There are many depictions of Cupid doing battle with various creatures, which are his size (or he is theirs.) Sometimes a grasshopper/cicada is just that.



This one was one of the most coveted in last year's auction of the San Giorgi gems. (Scroll down the page.) Think the Getty bought it.

If the best the Scottish auction house could do when it came to the metal of the intaglio ring was 'gold coloured', the price realized suggests that bidders either thought it was high quality gold or that the intaglio is Roman. No way to know about either from photo.

 

That opal brooch was my favorite . Id wear that in a second !

 

Thanks, Bronwen!

 

@Bronwen, I went back to see if I cut anything short on what it said about Zeus & Napoleon, but that's ALL it said....nothing more! Sorry!!

 

But I did find a better image of the Tutti Frutti bracelet!!!!

 

I didn't think you did. Was surprised at what short shrift they gave it. To not even say it's a carved citrine? That's me, fighting for the dignity of cameos.

 

As a fan fan, and an opal fan, so would I!

 

That is Anita Mannings auction house, I'm sure they would know if it was gold.

 

Very nice!

 

Since the write up here goes into the Tithonus myth at length but about the ring itself says only that it is modern & gold coloured, I have to think that was the catalogue description & the info available to bidders. Quite likely the house did not test it & may not have wanted to endorse consignors representation. When it comes to rings, if they look like gold, they probably are, so fairly safe to make that assumption.