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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 345423, member: 5833"]<a href="https://archive.org/details/engravedgemssign00osbo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/engravedgemssign00osbo" rel="nofollow">Duffield Osborne's 'Engraved Gems'</a> is a frequently cited source. This page also has links for C.W. King's books, another authority (& rival) from the out of copyright era. Since engraved gems have been made for more than 2 millennia, it's a big field. I do not recommend the current buyers' guides. Because my primary interest is the subjects on cameos, I use the <a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/gems/default.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/gems/default.htm" rel="nofollow">Beazley Archive</a> extensively.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Came across this book by <a href="https://archive.org/stream/scienceofgemsjew00billuoft#page/n3/mode/2up/search/pichler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/scienceofgemsjew00billuoft#page/n3/mode/2up/search/pichler" rel="nofollow">Archibald Billing</a> fairly recently. Despite the formal title, it is very readable & chatty. He goes in depth on how engraved gems are made. I love him because, unlike most other scholars in the field, he does not ignore/dismiss cameos cut in shell. Also because he pays more attention to cameos than to intaglios.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 345423, member: 5833"][URL='https://archive.org/details/engravedgemssign00osbo']Duffield Osborne's 'Engraved Gems'[/URL] is a frequently cited source. This page also has links for C.W. King's books, another authority (& rival) from the out of copyright era. Since engraved gems have been made for more than 2 millennia, it's a big field. I do not recommend the current buyers' guides. Because my primary interest is the subjects on cameos, I use the [URL='http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/gems/default.htm']Beazley Archive[/URL] extensively. Edit: Came across this book by [URL='https://archive.org/stream/scienceofgemsjew00billuoft#page/n3/mode/2up/search/pichler']Archibald Billing[/URL] fairly recently. Despite the formal title, it is very readable & chatty. He goes in depth on how engraved gems are made. I love him because, unlike most other scholars in the field, he does not ignore/dismiss cameos cut in shell. Also because he pays more attention to cameos than to intaglios.[/QUOTE]
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