Featured CAMEOS: Show & Tell or Ask & Answer

We were. And yikes! Just never a good idea.

 

Worse, she looks like I do now, thanks to the MS drugs - there's one missing.(LOL)

 

Imagine you're as aggravated as I am that physicians who prescribe to treat you for one thing rarely alert you to problems the medication may cause in some other body part/system that is not their specialty. Whatever they're trying to fix is deemed more important. Imagine medical doctors rarely, if at all, take concern for what might happen to your teeth.

 

They weren't thinking - drugs that mess with your immune system + chronic problem = trouble. I try to force them to think of other consequences, because I have a series of interlocking problems, and treating one can easily exacerbate the next one which in turn sets off the third one ... and I end up in worse shape than just leaving me alone.

 

Hi there,
Not sure if these are real or when they were made. How much they are worth? Anything would help. Thank you in advance. I have more pics but it wont let me upload anymore.

The pin on the pendant looks much newer than the the pendant. Not sure if it was added later or repaired. It is on a very thin chain that is stamped 14k. The pendant is stamped 900 (silver?) but there is a gold border around cameo not sure if that is gold?

The earrings are stamped k14 have very large backs with designs on them.

 

Welcome, Michelle. The cameos are all cut in helmet shell. The pin on the brooch looks right in age for the rest of the piece. Are you sure the stamp is 900 & not 800? Either would be silver of less than sterling (925) fineness; 800 used to be common for European silver. The twisted wire trim is likely to be gold filled. All are approx. 1950s in age. The chain would not have come with the cameo, so tells you nothing about age or quality.

 

Thank you here is a closer image of the stamp.

 

The pendant/brooch appears to be more finely carved than the earrings. Although they have similar settings it doesn't seem that they all went together originally.

 

Does look like it could be 900, but all the numerals are ambiguous to my eye. Could it be 925? Wasn't able to bring up the photo much. Some other eyes will eventually drop by, perhaps with other views.

 

Absolutely correct. There is a large gap between the quality of the pin/pendant & the earrings, which would be worthless without the 14K findings.

 

I just saw something in another thread somewhere here that had Turkish silver at .900. Also, Wikipedia tells me that coin silver is .900. But I don't know whether it's normally marked as such. This cameo doesn't look Turkish to me. (As if I would know how a Turkish cameo would look! )

 

Cameos are often set somewhere other than where they were made. Italian workshops seemed to have shipped them by the cargo container load to jewellers in the US & UK. Not sure many went to Turkey though.

 

This is barely related to cameos, just made me laugh.

Somehow this guy:



reminds me of this guy:



For the story:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/article...tti_Lost_for_Two_Centuries&utm_term=07-May-19

 

Thanks for all of your help. I really appreciate it. What would you think price wise they could sell for I have absolutely no idea.

 

LOL! Angel Nero? In the words of somebody, I don't think so!

 

Completely in love with him and his brother!!! The sale catalog is a treat, but these estimation are incredibly LOW!!!
Thank you Bronwen for showing

 

Best & quickest way to get an idea is to look at sold listings on eBay for similar items, e.g., 'shell cameo silver'.

 

Thank you!

 

I bought this cameo for 10 euros today (I know I probably overpaid, but it was a two-for-20 deal). Figured I'd get the expert's opinion on it, instead of running around Google like a chicken with its head cut off. Pretty sure it's silver-plate over brass or something similar. I like how chunky and substantial it is, with all those flat prongs. It has a C-clasp and bar-hinge, so I assume Victorian? Did I pay too much?

 

Jivvy, I think she was the inspiration for Dr Who's Weeping Angels!