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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 5228094, member: 5833&quot;]Impressions of this gem are rarely complete.&nbsp; <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135657/psyche-or-iris-cameo-ronca-james/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135657/psyche-or-iris-cameo-ronca-james/" rel="nofollow">The V&amp;A has a shell cameo by James Ronca</a>, which he copied from a medallion by Thomas Woolner, who evidently copied an incomplete impression of the gem.&nbsp; The cameo was originally catalogued as Psyche; not unreasonable, as Psyche also had to fetch water from the River Styx &amp; Ronca is known to have made a Psyche.&nbsp; However, he also made more than one cameo of The Rainbow.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is how the engraved gem looked in full:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414745[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The caduceus in the field in front of her lets us know that it is the messenger goddess, not the lovesick mortal.&nbsp; It is, BTW, by Luigi Pichler, not older brother Giovanni.&nbsp; The V&amp;A added the possibility of Iris/The Rainbow after I contacted them &amp; made the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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