Featured Glass Intaglio Collection Nathaniel Marchant

But you buy it so well. Another great find, K, you can trust your 'special items radar'.

No idea fauns were so dishy.

 

And so they should have, you are not just any cameo aficionado.

 

Not just me who thought that then

Thankyou

 

Wow Bronwen! I love it when a question comes up which enables an expert to expertise!!!

 

@Bronwen could you hazard a guess at dating them please?

 

She’s just fabulous isn’t she!
We are so lucky to have Bronwen here

 

Yes, and yes!

 

I'll be visiting the V&A in mid-July 2023... it will be the first time I've been since 1974!

 

Oh wonderful. You know so much more about cameos and jewellery now, so you'll enjoy it even more.

 

These are amazing!!! I adore them! Instant collection!
I have a few plaster castings of the period which the amazing @Bronwen helped me identify!

 

If you go to this link, you may get a security warning, but I think that is probably because the link has had so few users. I can see no reason why the pdf of the master's thesis of a St. Andrew's student from 1997 would pose any threat. I have opened & downloaded it & so far, so good. Have been skimming it. It answers lots of questions about impronte, impressions. He says that glass ones are rare, & names Tassie & Paoletti as the prominent makers.

K Scott Marchand MPhil thesis - Carnesecchi

 

I love the use of 'expertise' as a verb. I'm stealing the idea.

For all the appreciations so many of you have left me,

Just noticed there's an emoji that captures what I look like these days:

 

This is a bottomless rabbit hole isn’t it!
Not the most coherent of Masters thesis but interesting, especially the part about glass paste.
It said not secure but let me straight in so my iPad likes to live dangerously.
I’m still at a loss though, are these common even though that paper suggests not?, should I get them appraised as to if they are Tassie or more modern replicas Every google leads me in a different direction!

 

Oh no, what have you done?

 

Broke my face just in time for Halloween. Fortunately I'm not Humpty Dumpty & they put it together again, but still have some discoloration around right eye. Have been grateful that mask wearing has become normal behavior.

 

While people are still making impressions in plaster, selling without mentioning they are modern, I can see no percentage in forging glass ones, just not enough market for the expense & effort. I think you can rely on it that these are antique.

I don't know how to tell who made them & don't know who I could steer you to who would really know, not just puff out their chest & pontificate authoritatively. Are all 14 colorless?

 

If they have correctly attributed these to Tassie, you can see how his workshop finished the edges, something that may vary maker to maker.

https://art.thewalters.org/browse/creator/james-tassie/

 

I'd have grabbed those in a heartbeat. You ever need a V&A escort, just yell, I love the place. The JOOLS.

 

Yes,yes,YES!!
I’d love that
Now to work out how to lose the children and hubby for a day
Definitely make a date for 2023

 

Done! xx