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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4343778, member: 5833"]<p style="text-align: center"><font size="5">A HAPPY HAPPENSTANCE</font></p><p><font size="4">I do not know why, there is no relationship to the message, but a contact in Italy sent back some photos of a cameo I sent her a very long time ago.</font> I was still pretty new to the cameo world at that time, so did not recognize this figure. My friend IDed it for me as Fortuna, from a gem by Giovanni Pichler. I also sent her several pics of the back, trying to show the very lightly incised signature. I did not recognize it then, nor did she, but from working with others on this site, I do now.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359399[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359400[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359401[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>We never did figure out if the first initial is T or J, but the cameo is by Mouhé, presumably earlier work. I have shown some of his mature work elsewhere in this thread, for example : <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-224#post-3277212" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-224#post-3277212">CAMEOS: Show & Tell or Ask & Answer</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4343778, member: 5833"][CENTER][SIZE=5]A HAPPY HAPPENSTANCE[/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=4]I do not know why, there is no relationship to the message, but a contact in Italy sent back some photos of a cameo I sent her a very long time ago.[/SIZE] I was still pretty new to the cameo world at that time, so did not recognize this figure. My friend IDed it for me as Fortuna, from a gem by Giovanni Pichler. I also sent her several pics of the back, trying to show the very lightly incised signature. I did not recognize it then, nor did she, but from working with others on this site, I do now. [ATTACH=full]359399[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359400[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359401[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359402[/ATTACH] We never did figure out if the first initial is T or J, but the cameo is by Mouhé, presumably earlier work. I have shown some of his mature work elsewhere in this thread, for example : [URL="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-224#post-3277212"]CAMEOS: Show & Tell or Ask & Answer[/URL][/QUOTE]
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