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    Re: Camée broche with profile of Queen Emma Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on May 4, 2014, 7:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Camée broche with profile of Queen Emma"


    I do agree that cameos can be beautiful, as we have seen with the Swedish cameo tiara.

    But perhaps because of a surfeit of poor quality ones worn by ladies at large for many years cameos have generally fallen out of favour.


    --Previous Message--
    : As would have been the case with many royal
    : ladies in the 19th century, both Queen Anna
    : and Sophie owned several jewels with cameos.
    : What happened to them is not very well
    : documented. Cameos can be charming but are
    : not always as appreciated as other precious
    : stones or jewellery.
    :
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : The jeweller firm Verschuur & Van der
    : Voort (Amsterdam) made a camée broche
    : depicting Queen Emma. In the Royal House
    : Archives there are three other camée broches
    : made by the same firm, depicting King Willem
    : III.
    :
    : This Camée broche in a 22 crt golden black
    : enamelled setting with four rose cut
    : diamonds was a gift to the Rijksmuseum by Ms
    : M. Henriques de Castro (2013)
    :
    :
    :

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