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<p>[QUOTE="marig, post: 3384458, member: 18088"]Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and to cameos in general. I am trying to read up past threads, but would also appreciate more information if anyone could help me identify the gentlemen, give comments on the possible age of the cameos, etc?</p><p><br /></p><p>The cameo faces on the earrings (I converted one of the pairs) seem to be Boccaccio and Petrarch. Petrarch is the one facing left with the rather corpulent face. Boccaccio I'm only guessing at - he is usually pictured in paintings and engravings to have more of a Roman nose, whereas Dante is depicted with a pronounced hook. And his garments seem more like that of those in the images with the hood and robes, rather than Dante's white coif flaps sticking out from under the red cap with a long tail.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other cufflink pair seem to show Leonardo da Vinci with a hat. As for the bearded, balding gentleman looking to the left, I don't have a good idea and would therefore really appreciate your assistance. Maybe Titian without his cap? Reminds me of Freud or Doestoevsky too though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to check if they were glass or the faces were glued on top by running my fingernail around. They do seem translucent near the edges, but I read here that might not be enough to tell if they're truly hardstone. When held up to light, the black backgrounds actually look dark red - is that a helpful detail to identify the material?</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't even think to wash my cameos until reading this forum! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> So the photos are mixed of dirty state and clean state. The photos of the dirty cameos are taken with my camera that doesn't have a macro settting, and the photos of the clean cameos are taken via an app that does digital 5x magnifying (I cropped and zoomed in further because the cameos are hard to see the detail). The photos make the cameos look yellow, but after the bath, they are quite white.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for reading this long missive! [ATTACH]301275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]301276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301276[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Additional details for anyone interested:</p><p>They are cufflinks, the cameos are small at about 1.0 cm x 1.3 cm or so, not including the frames. With the magnifying app, I could find neither a hallmark nor purity stamp, but thought it still may be rolled gold or gold filled instead of plated. I did see a number "46" surrounded by possibly a lowercase "v" on the link holding the cufflinks together". This particular style of double rope twisting on the frames look like the double rope twist element used on Archaeological revival jewellery that I've seen at museums by the Castellani family and people who used to work in their workshop, such as Giacinto Mellillo and Carlo Giuliano. But the jeweller who looked at the photos said that such style of cufflinks and cameos could also likely be from the 1950s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="marig, post: 3384458, member: 18088"]Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and to cameos in general. I am trying to read up past threads, but would also appreciate more information if anyone could help me identify the gentlemen, give comments on the possible age of the cameos, etc? The cameo faces on the earrings (I converted one of the pairs) seem to be Boccaccio and Petrarch. Petrarch is the one facing left with the rather corpulent face. Boccaccio I'm only guessing at - he is usually pictured in paintings and engravings to have more of a Roman nose, whereas Dante is depicted with a pronounced hook. And his garments seem more like that of those in the images with the hood and robes, rather than Dante's white coif flaps sticking out from under the red cap with a long tail. The other cufflink pair seem to show Leonardo da Vinci with a hat. As for the bearded, balding gentleman looking to the left, I don't have a good idea and would therefore really appreciate your assistance. Maybe Titian without his cap? Reminds me of Freud or Doestoevsky too though. I tried to check if they were glass or the faces were glued on top by running my fingernail around. They do seem translucent near the edges, but I read here that might not be enough to tell if they're truly hardstone. When held up to light, the black backgrounds actually look dark red - is that a helpful detail to identify the material? I didn't even think to wash my cameos until reading this forum! :) So the photos are mixed of dirty state and clean state. The photos of the dirty cameos are taken with my camera that doesn't have a macro settting, and the photos of the clean cameos are taken via an app that does digital 5x magnifying (I cropped and zoomed in further because the cameos are hard to see the detail). The photos make the cameos look yellow, but after the bath, they are quite white. Thank you for reading this long missive! [ATTACH]301275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]301276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301276[/ATTACH] Additional details for anyone interested: They are cufflinks, the cameos are small at about 1.0 cm x 1.3 cm or so, not including the frames. With the magnifying app, I could find neither a hallmark nor purity stamp, but thought it still may be rolled gold or gold filled instead of plated. I did see a number "46" surrounded by possibly a lowercase "v" on the link holding the cufflinks together". This particular style of double rope twisting on the frames look like the double rope twist element used on Archaeological revival jewellery that I've seen at museums by the Castellani family and people who used to work in their workshop, such as Giacinto Mellillo and Carlo Giuliano. But the jeweller who looked at the photos said that such style of cufflinks and cameos could also likely be from the 1950s.[/QUOTE]
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