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Cameos Old & New (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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Cameos Old & New (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii 1 THE HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF THE GLYPTIC ARTS
THE EARLIEST ENGRAVINGS 3 CLASSICAL GREECE: FROM SCARABOID TO CAMEO
6 ROMAN CAMEOS 11 THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES 19 THE RENAISSANCE AND
LATER 23 2 THE SUBJECTS: MYTHS, LEGENDS, HISTORICAL EVENTS, AND
STORIES BEHIND THE)EWELS MYTHS AND LEGENDS 33 SYMBOLS 42 vii
PORTRAITS 44 HISTORICAL EVENTS AND STORIES BEHIND THE ]EWELS 45 3
CAMEO PRODUCTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES 50 MATERIALS 60 CARVING
CENTERS AND RENOWNED CARVERS 80 4 DISTINGUISHING uLD AND NEWCAMEOS
CIRCA-DATING CAMEOS 92 DETECTING CAMEO FAKES, FRAUDS, AND FORGERIES
113 5 MODIFIED CAMEOS AND CAMEO IMITATORS GLASS CAMEOS 127 CAMEO
GLASS 129 TASSIE GLASS 131 WEDGWOOD 132 SULPHIDES 135 CONTENTS viii
PLASTIC CAMEOS 135 CAMEO W AX PORTRAITS 136 PLASTER OF PARIS AND
SULPHUR CASTS 138 6 ApPRECIATING CAMEOS AS ART ELEMENTS OF V ALUE
149 7 BUILDINGA CAMEO COLLECTION BUYING AND SELLING CAMEOS 162
CAMEOS AS INVESTMENT GEMS 169 CARE AND CONSERVATION OF CAMEOS 170 8
GREAT AND HISTORIC COLLECTIONS 175 ApPENDIX 193 Auctions 193
Glyptic-Arts Booksellers 194 CONTENTS ix Appraisal Associations 194
Retail Sources for Cameos in the Uni ted States 194 CHRONOLOGY OF
ENGRAVED STONES AND CAMEOS IN EUROPE 196 GLOSSARY OF GLypTIc-ART
AND ]EWELRY TERMS 199 SUGGESTED READINGS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 205 INDEX
210 CONTENTS x p r e a c e f In several years of studying the cameo
and its development, I have interviewed connoisseurs and collectors
throughout the United States,
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