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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9461935, member: 5833&quot;]Haven&#039;t had anything new to show in a while, I&#039;ve curbed my acquisitions sharply these last few years.&nbsp; But now &amp; then something does get my attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I am not a fan of them, there is a definite market for so-called &quot;blackamoor&quot; cameos, so when this tiny hardstone one, glued into a chimaera of a setting, came along for a good price, I took it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]440324[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440325[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While the cameo is not much larger than the nail of my pinkie finger, he is quite well carved: there is contouring of the cheeks &amp; care has been taken with the hair so that it is not just crosshatching.</p><p><br /></p><p>Difficult to say just when this cameo was made.&nbsp; You can find ones similar to this identified as dating to the 16th century; this one is highly unlikely to be that old.&nbsp; They do not seem to have been popular consistently over time, going in and out of fashion.&nbsp; I think it is safe to say that this cameo is now a genuine antique.&nbsp; The stamped brass bits it has been affixed to are another matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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