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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9489034, member: 56"]The link that Deborah provided gives the original prints an 18th C date, but yours seem to be much later photo-mechanical reproductions, probably contemporary with the frames. I would guess a French printer given the logo on each:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445793[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The source material was engraved gems in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy, and the original prints were hand colored etchings - but not colored like these. These suggest that the original function as records of the gems had been discarded, and they were now considered just decorative images.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9489034, member: 56"]The link that Deborah provided gives the original prints an 18th C date, but yours seem to be much later photo-mechanical reproductions, probably contemporary with the frames. I would guess a French printer given the logo on each: [ATTACH=full]445793[/ATTACH] The source material was engraved gems in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy, and the original prints were hand colored etchings - but not colored like these. These suggest that the original function as records of the gems had been discarded, and they were now considered just decorative images.[/QUOTE]
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