Archive for Cameo Jewellery
Cameo collection
Posted by: | CommentsIve just realised its been quite sometime since I updated you on the vintage cameo jewellery available on AntiquesAvenue. I have a great selection including earrings, brooches, stick pins and rings. Here are a few pieces that you might care to view. The thress cameo brooches here are all made of different materials but have all been hand carved. The first is shell, the second marble and the third is a lava cameo brooch.
Cameo brooch lady with flower corsageThis pretty lady cameo brooch has been hand carved from shell and mounted into a gold toned metal frame. The lady is wearing a floral corsage . The brooch measures about 4 cms long and is in very wearable excellent
Marble cameo brooch
Victorian carved white marble cameo brooch
Here is a very unusual cameo brooch dating from the Victorian era. It is in the form of a classical lady who has been hand carved out of white marble. This is set into a heavy gold plated frame which fastens with a simple C catch.
The antique brooch measures about 3.3 cms wide
Lava Cameo Brooch
Here is a lava cameo brooch dating from the Victorian era. This has been carved from volcanic lava in Italy and will date from the mid Victorian era. The brooch measures about 2.2 cms long.
The cameo is in excellent condition, there is a little wear to the frame but is is still very wearable as a brooch . Lava cameos are much rarer than shell cameos and are now becoming quite sought after.
Sale: This brooch has been reduced from £12
If you want to read more about cameo jewellery please do take a look at this post I wrote last year about cameo jewellery
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:
