carved cameo
carved cameo
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5912 A very fine quality early 19th century Italian neoclassical shell cameo, possibly by Constantin Rosler Franz, in original case and in untouched condition. Depicting a classical muse with lyre, leaning against a column. After Antonio Canova’s Terpsichore, Muse of Lyric Poetry, circa 1812, now in the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Rome, Circa 1820-40
A portrait by Franz in a near identical box and in similar shell is illustrated in “Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery” Charlotte Gere and Geoffrey C Munn.
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