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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9428615, member: 5833"]The scene is Cupid/Eros in front of his mother, Venus/Aphrodite, with Psyche, represented as a butterfly, between them. The goddess of love did not feel so affectionate toward her prospective daughter-in-law and set her a series of potentially fatal tasks as a condition for approving the marriage.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is definitely at least one signature there, but I'm not able to see a name I recognize in the scratching. Wonder if there's any chance it could be Michelini. Most of the time his signature on shell pieces looks like an ECG tracing & it's common for them to have additional little notations on them. He tended to take more care when signing hardstone, but I have one on which it looks as though someone deliberately tried to obscure the name:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]434876[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]434877[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]434878[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, he did this particular cameo a number of times, so the matching carving confirms the author.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do seller's photos show any breakage around the edge of the shell that would account for the crimping in? Otherwise bluumz's observation that they do not look as if they started out together is a good one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9428615, member: 5833"]The scene is Cupid/Eros in front of his mother, Venus/Aphrodite, with Psyche, represented as a butterfly, between them. The goddess of love did not feel so affectionate toward her prospective daughter-in-law and set her a series of potentially fatal tasks as a condition for approving the marriage. There is definitely at least one signature there, but I'm not able to see a name I recognize in the scratching. Wonder if there's any chance it could be Michelini. Most of the time his signature on shell pieces looks like an ECG tracing & it's common for them to have additional little notations on them. He tended to take more care when signing hardstone, but I have one on which it looks as though someone deliberately tried to obscure the name: [ATTACH=full]434876[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]434877[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]434878[/ATTACH] Fortunately, he did this particular cameo a number of times, so the matching carving confirms the author. Do seller's photos show any breakage around the edge of the shell that would account for the crimping in? Otherwise bluumz's observation that they do not look as if they started out together is a good one.[/QUOTE]
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