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Message:: [QUOTE="PepperAnna, post: 9593887, member: 17332"]I was interested to see these 3 cameos and 1 intaglio. Russian in origin. They sold this week at some eyepopping prices. I don't know much about Russian cameos, so I was glad to do some research on them. There are more examples like these at the Hermitage Museum. [ATTACH=full]464761[/ATTACH]Oval carnelian intaglio depicting an allegory of the Navy surmounted by a standard engraved with the Russian motto "Everywhere with You", in a silver mount engraved in Russian "Cut by Count Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy in 1815". Russia, circa 1815. <img src="https://cdn.drouot.com/d/image/lot?size=fullHD&path=61/144480/1712b14d1fc2e0e86bc18cc3579e4872" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> two-layer, oval-shaped, depicting an antique-style bearded man in profile to the left. Kolyvan Manufactory, St. Petersburg, 19th century. [ATTACH=full]464763[/ATTACH] mounted in a gold frame (583 thousandths) with filigree motif, engraved on the back in Cyrillic "January 5, 1835, Barnauk" (town now called Barnaul). Russia, Mount Altai region, circa 1835. No apparent hallmark. <img src="https://cdn.drouot.com/d/image/lot?size=fullHD&path=61/144480/def5d52355f7e0ff6374b9e9e778ac66" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Round, two-layered Kolyvan jasper depicting Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in the guise of the deity Rodomysl, showing him in left profile in ancient Russian armor and carrying a shield finely carved with battle scenes and inscribed "1813 Leipzig". The back engraved in Cyrillic "Rodomysl from the ninth to the tenth century". Based on Fedor Petrovich Tolstoy's original model of 1814. Kolyvan Manufactory, St. Petersburg, first half of the 19th century. [/QUOTE]

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