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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 851649, member: 5833&quot;]&#039;Cameo Corner&#039; is rather famous, if any shop specializing in cameos can be &#039;famous&#039; exactly.&nbsp; I keep a file of cameos with dates so I can compare styles over time, engraved on the mount or the cameo itself.&nbsp; This was already somewhere between vintage &amp; antique when it was sold in 1944.&nbsp; <a href="https://antiquecameos.net/cameos/rarest-cameo-of-the-rape-of-europa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://antiquecameos.net/cameos/rarest-cameo-of-the-rape-of-europa" rel="nofollow">On her site Giovanna says</a> it has &#039;Europa&#039; beneath the signature.&nbsp; I think it says &#039;Roma&#039; but no doubt the scene is Europa.&nbsp; One for [USER=8184]@Jivvy[/USER] to squint at.&nbsp; I have not seen another with anything after &#039;Carnesecchi&#039; &amp; looks put there by his hand.&nbsp; I&#039;m stuck seeing it as &#039;Mignon&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pierluigi Carnesecchi has been researching the Carnesecchi name.&nbsp; He had some cameo &amp; plaster impression info on his main site, then spun off a separate one just for Francesco:</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>Scroll down for the cameos we have &#039;collected&#039; so far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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