Archive for Cameo charms
May
05
Cameo Charms
Posted by: | CommentsCameo jewellery is often seen as brooches, rings and earrings. Less common but just as attractive are cameo charms, I suppose that these are found less often as a charm is small and therefore the picture is difficult to carve in miniature. Cameos are carved so that the picture stands proud of the background. Often but not essentially the design is in a contrasting colour to the background.
Cameos can be made from all sorts of materials, normally we think of shell cameos as can be seen in this cameo charm:
Other sorts of cameo charm include lava cameos which are usually carved in Italy from the lava from mount Etna . Here is a Victorian lava cameo charm
Here is an antique charm – a lava cameo of a classical figure mounted in silver. This charm measures about 2.5 cms long and dates from the Victorian era.
Cameos do not need to be made from natural materials, they can be made from glass, plastic or as in the case of this cameo charm by Wedgwood ceramic:
Strangely for charms you do not find many cameo charms made from gold or silver.