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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 407207, member: 5833&quot;]I mentioned in the thread still being spun about an Orthodox icon of St. George and the Dragon that I had extra interest because I had acquired a cameo with the same scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, badly damaged and easily comes out of the frame.&nbsp; (Makes me wonder if it got bashed when it fell out the first time.)&nbsp; When cameos of St. George come along regularly, why would I want to have, and pay a hefty price for, this one?&nbsp; Because it is signed by Luigi Michelini, I have eight other cameos by him (I showed a Flora by him a while back), and this is the first conch shell cameo I have ever seen signed by a known cutter.&nbsp; Have only seen a few that were signed at all, none I could identify.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]141858[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141859[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]141861[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I especially like the way the dragon looks like he has dentures.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other cameos I have by Michelini are well carved, but not master work.&nbsp; Late in his career, after training under Girometti, he produced some excellent hardstone pieces.&nbsp; Of the seven I have seen, four include horses or a centaur; two include wings; and one has a spear.&nbsp; Unlike helmet shell, conch shell, like hardstone, can offer a very thick section, so subject can be in quite high relief.&nbsp; I like to think George helped prepare him for his best work, or was cut during the same period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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