A Nobleman

Vintage Gold Ring with Antique Onyx Cameo, c. 1880/1965

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Vintage Gold Ring with Antique Onyx Cameo, c. 1880/1965

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Cameos from the second half of the 19th century are in a class of their own and still inspire today with their often outstanding quality. In contrast to stone carvings from earlier eras, which were often kept in cabinets and could only be viewed by a few, cameos were now intended to be worn and admired visibly. Above all, the craftsmanship of the cut was appreciated and gladly displayed. This highly oval cameo shows an unusual subject: set in black and white hardstone, we see a figure dressed in the fashion of the 18th century. A middle-aged gentleman is depicted wearing an allonge wig and riding armor, a cuirass. The portrait is delicately cut in fine white against the black background. Both parts, the light and the dark one, are made of the same stone! They are two layers that have grown together, which the cameo cutter removed just enough to create the two-tone portrait. The cameo probably dates from around 1880 and was probably cut in Idar-Oberstein. The relief was set around three generations after it was created and now adorns a yellow gold ring with ornamentally decorated shoulders featuring a lily motif. The ring with the Edemann came to us from southern Germany; the setting may have been created in the USA. Cf. also Charlotte Gere/Judy Rudoe: Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria, Woodbridge 2010, p. 464 ff.

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For centuries, almost all major collections, from the Green Vault in Dresden to the treasury of Rudolf II to large private collections such as that of Baron Stosch in later times, aspired to own cameos and cameos. The 18th and 19th centuries produced numerous large collections of impressions of ancient seal stones and cameos, which were able to represent the ancient pictorial language of glyptic art almost in its entirety. Due to the great journeys undertaken by young nobles and wealthy citizens at this time, the use of cameos and cameos in the early 19th century changed to larger forms of jewelry, which were cut in stone, shell or Vesuvius lava, classic and coveted souvenirs from Italy.

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A Nobleman

€ 790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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