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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 3386582, member: 5833&quot;]Welcome, marig.&nbsp; Nice to have another member with an interest in cameos.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes.&nbsp; The natural counterpart would have been Michelangelo, but here&#039;s a plaster cast of an engraved gem identified as Titian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]301376[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s consistent with actual sardonyx.&nbsp; That dark reddish brown is sard.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt this very much.&nbsp; Of course any style from the past can be reproduced at a later time, but I have seen other tiny hardstone cameos with Illustrious Men - I have a bitty bar brooch with Michelangelo &amp; Raphael - &amp; there was no reason to believe they were not 19th century.&nbsp; I have never seen evidence of cameos of this quality being made in the 1950s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good job on IDing the other 3.&nbsp; People usually want to see Dante when it&#039;s really that cute Petrarch.&nbsp; Glad we could expand your knowledge a little by encouraging you to give the guys a bath.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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