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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 601090, member: 5833&quot;]While I think Incolay, the original company&#039;s products, is underappreciated.&nbsp; As someone who loves cameos/engraved gems, I&#039;m pleased to have a jewelry box similar to this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/7423310/r/il/492d64/1728112501/il_794xN.1728112501_2qzv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In their early years they used both designs taken from 18th century engraved gems &amp; original ones created by a staff of artists working in the neoclassical style.&nbsp; The company changed hands a couple of times &amp; got to where their big sellers seem to have been trinket boxes in pink &amp; blue, with birds &amp; flowers, suitable for little girls&#039; bedrooms, as well as decorative plates.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cameos in the men&#039;s jeweler Dante&#039;s Museum Masterpiece cufflink line are Incolay, copied from some of the Poniatowski gems.&nbsp; You can see some of them here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/FFE39D3C-2DB6-401C-8126-6AAF3832CDC7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/FFE39D3C-2DB6-401C-8126-6AAF3832CDC7" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/FFE39D3C-2DB6-401C-8126-6AAF3832CDC7</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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