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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4478783, member: 5833&quot;]This interests me greatly as I snatch at anything that might give me insight on a cameo in my collection.&nbsp; I had already tentatively concluded that mine is German &amp; 18th century.&nbsp; Based on the similarity of the cameo to a statuette of the Emperor Domitian known to be by Johann Bernhard Schwartzeburger, I have further tentatively concluded that the cameo is by him or one of his sons.&nbsp; S&#039;burger does not seem to have signed his work, &amp; I have yet to find a cameo anywhere attributed to him, even though Forrer says:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>SCHWARZEBURGER, JOHANN BERNHARD (Germ.). Sculptor and</p><p>Gem-engraver, born at Frankfort-on-M., 4. June 1672, died there</p><p>in July 1741. <b>He is noted for his Cameos.</b> In all his works he was</p><p>greatly assisted by his sons ADOLPH S. (born about 1714, 7 March</p><p>1738), FRANZ S. (born about 1699, t November 1735), and</p><p>VALENTIN S. (born about 1904 [<i>this is clearly a typo</i>], 7 April 1732). </p><p><br /></p><p>My cameo is the Emperor Nero, as imagined by the artist Antonio Tempesta:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388632[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388630[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is what is on the back:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388631[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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