Cameo Signature Help Needed

A nice Carnesecchi cameo is up for auction on July 19:

https://www.easyliveauction.com/cat...8d0/monthly-collective-antiques-sale-lot-693/

 

I sent Pierluigi the link for your post.

How in the world did this piece get so filthy?!

 

Thank you for sending it to him. I was thinking about him when I saw the cameo. I think it is a very nice example of this work.

 

I found another Carnesecchi cameo while the Antiquers site was down, so I sent it to Pierluigi.

 

@Bronwen I found a Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm cameo on eBay, ending tomorrow. From Wikipedia: Boehm, 1st Baronet, was an Austrian-born British medallist and sculptor, best known for the "Jubilee head" of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. During his career Boehm maintained a large studio in London and produced a significant volume of public works and private commissions.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234624046833?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055359.m1431.l2648

 

Another cameo by John Nicholson of Dorking. It is dated 1852. Had a tough time getting the detail in the carving to show well in the pics, but there is alot of detail in the hair and beard. Two other Nicholson cameos were discussed on this thread previously by Bronwen. His signature is the longest of any carver ever!

 

Vast improvement on the auctioneers pix. Thanks for sharing him with us.

 

Hello Bronwen. Can I private message you now? I don’t really know how. Maybe if you message me I can answer? Thank you.

 

Hi, @Msalicia -- You can send a private message by clicking on Bronwen's avatar picture, then clicking on "Start a Conversation." A message box with her username at the top will pop right up!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255672338377

Is this a signature of a known carver?

 

Not one I recognize, & may in fact be a dealer's price code.

 

Here is a set of cameo portraits with a signature I don't recognize. They are on Ebay France (link below). I think it is interesting that the entire family had portraits carved in shell. It is a shame that the children's cameos are broken. The girl's and mother's hairstyles are quite intricate and lovely. Does anyone recognize the signature?


https://www.ebay.fr/itm/12541868693...SEgYTOkVVZiC6aoh0pVm5ARTs=|tkp:Bk9SR_6hrvDuYA

 

I'm reading it as Louet; is that what you see? Not finding him/her in any reference I have ready to hand. If you haven't managed to locate, doubt if I can. Think this Louet took more care with the ladies than with the gents.

 

Thats what I saw, too. I couldn't find that name when I searched for it.

 

Any chance it is Lonet, with accent over the e?

That name seems even less common than Louet, though.

 

The beginning 'Lo' seems pretty firm. Nothing starting that way turned up anything that could have been a match in my sources. I have less on French cameists than on the Italians, & makers who did not produce hardstone pieces are less well documented than those who did.

Any ideas on time period based on clothes & hair? Looks as though Mme X may be wearing a cameo herself.

 

I recently added this cameo to my collection- carved by Charles Jouanin! The inscription includes his full name and his abbreviated address: RND de Nazareth 43 Paris (Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth #43 Paris).

The carving is exquisite and finely detailed. Jouanin even carved the vein running down his forehead. Based on the carving around his collar (oak leaves), I think the sitter was a French military general. I have not yet figured out the medals.

Equally nice is the setting. The enamel is completely intact and the chasing is very detailed. It glitters.

 

Gorgeous - what a find!

 

Thank you, Bronwen! I was chuffed to find it, as you can probably tell.

I used Google Maps today to look at 43 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth. It is a large property. Unfortunately, the ground floor facade has been ruined by modernization, but the upper levels are still intact. As we have discussed earlier, J. Mouhe also worked at the same address. Now that I have viewed the property, I could see that both J. Mouhe and Charles Jouanin could have had shops side by side with identical addresses.

Amusingly, Harry Styles had a pop-up shop here earlier this year called "Harry's House" which coincided with the release of his album of the same name.

 

Not mine.
No help needed on deciphering the signatures. It is, of course, our old friend Lamant/Lamont! Seems to be a nicer one that usual for him. Who do you think it depicts?
(Sorry if this one has been discussed before. The cameo threads have become so looooong that I didn't take the time to go through them before posting.)