Carved Cameo Jewelry

Hand carved cameos set in sterling silver and in 14k gold.

Carved cameo jewelry.

Cameos are often worn as jewelry but in ancient times were mainly used for signet rings and large earrings although the largest examples were probably too large for this and were just. A cameo is a hard or precious gemstone often agate or onyx carved in relief so that the figures project from a supporting background. Generally figures are carved in one layer so that they are raised on the background of the second layer. That certainly describes a typical victorian cameo but cameos come in a much wider range of materials and designs.

Hand carved heirloom cameos from italy. Vintage gold tone pink white locket cameo mix jewelry lot gp. Vintage cameo jewelry lot. Browse through a gallery of italian jewelry reinvented by award winning designer amedeo scognamiglio and start your own heirloom collection now.

And you ll meet my wife mary if you follow the link at one of the largest jewelry shows in the world holding the largest amethyst crystal in the world. There are typically two colored layers. Amedeo contemporary jewelry featuring hand carved cameos set in cocktail rings whimsical statement earrings and show stopping necklaces. Well that s me up on the left and i m a 20 year jewelry designer that also collects all kinds of vintage and cameo jewelry.

A kind of talisman whereupon magical spells was carved. In fine jewelry the cameo is defined as an ornament carved in relief from a high quality material such as stone shell coral gutta percha bog oak ivory lava or continue reading. These are technically real cameos because they are made from a shell and they are worth more than the plastic cameos but they are still considered costume jewelry and thus are not very valuable. Ending oct 5 at 7 41pm pdt 3d 18h.

Ending oct 7 at 11 53pm pdt 5d 22h. Antique 14k gold hardstone cameo and split pearl pendant brooch finely carved cameo depicting a vestal virgin framed by split pearls 1 7 8 x 1 1 2 1 200. Inexpensive mass produced cameos from the 1940s are sometimes carved out of shell but set in brass. Works of art by master carvers.

Sir wallis budge alleged that the noun cameo apparently comes from kame o a word used in kabbalistic slang to signify a magical square i e. Technically a cameo is any type of object with a carved relief but costume jewelry cameos typically meet these requirements. Material vintage cameos are normally made of shell or glass but they can also be plastic resin or gemstones.