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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9976862, member: 79705"]Thought I'd add this one to this thread to keep the other cameos company. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wax portrait of Socrates or a possible 19th c. gentleman commission on an amber base pendant. Amber is possibly pressed, but has drill and tool marks. I was theorizing it might be Simetite amber, but will probably never know for sure. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/wax-portrait-on-amber-cameo-pendant.87042/#post-9967263" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/wax-portrait-on-amber-cameo-pendant.87042/#post-9967263">See other thread</a> for more photos, tests, and great discussion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]500913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]500914[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9976862, member: 79705"]Thought I'd add this one to this thread to keep the other cameos company. :p Wax portrait of Socrates or a possible 19th c. gentleman commission on an amber base pendant. Amber is possibly pressed, but has drill and tool marks. I was theorizing it might be Simetite amber, but will probably never know for sure. :D [URL='https://www.antiquers.com/threads/wax-portrait-on-amber-cameo-pendant.87042/#post-9967263']See other thread[/URL] for more photos, tests, and great discussion. :bookworm: [ATTACH=full]500912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]500913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]500914[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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