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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 429510, member: 5833&quot;]Although my cameo collection does not include anything that an auction house would tout as &#039;important&#039; jewellery, here and there I pick up pieces that please me greatly, not because they are examples of the highest glyptic art, because they are rarities.</p><p><br /></p><p>The latest of these is a hardstone cameo of the type generally identified as Flora, signed by Francesco Carnesecchi.&nbsp; Work by this cutter turns up occasionally.&nbsp; What is special about this one is that it is to date the only hardstone cameo by him that I have seen.&nbsp; All others have been shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]150396[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see this one again, as well as a number of Carnesecchi&#039;s shell pieces, if you scroll down a little on this page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.carnesecchi.eu/incisore1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.carnesecchi.eu/incisore1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.carnesecchi.eu/incisore1.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Carnesecchi who owns the site knew a little about Francesco&#039;s activities and already had the photo of the listing for a cameo of Guido Reni&#039;s Aurora when I contacted him to ask if he would like to have photos of other Carnesecchi cameos.&nbsp; He was thrilled, and says it has opened his eyes to a world of beauty previously unknown to him, while I take satisfaction in finally getting this little-known cutter a larger presence on the Internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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