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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 3270478, member: 17332&quot;]Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I have seen very few over the years. If he had signed them all, there should be several thousands around. I only found 2 more by searching the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>One was listed on eBay a few weeks ago and the listing was removed. The listing said it was Patrick Henry, although I don&#039;t know how the seller knew that. It is numbered 476 and dated 1848, so made just before mine. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]298131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one was on Pinterest dated 1844, but it didn&#039;t show the back:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]298132[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is &quot;fancy designs&quot; describe mythological cameos, female busts, flowers, etc., the typical cameo offerings. I interpreted the term &quot;cameo likenesses&quot; as cameo portraits of real people.</p><p><br /></p><p>I estimated that Stephenson carved approximately 50 cameo portraits annually - the Moses Williams cameo is #336 dated 1845 and mine is #498 dated Feb 1 1848. Also in 1853 he states he had done 600-700 cameo portraits, so if he started in 1839, that also works out to roughly 50 portraits a year. Then add on the fancy ones (2000+), and this guy carved at a very fast rate. And that&#039;s in addition to the busts and statues he sculpted. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to locate his book were he listed his subjects. he must have kept a list because each one is numbered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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