Cameo Collection

Cross of Lothair II. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
Cross of the Emperor Lothair II (835-869). 11th century. Gold and precious gems. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany

Portland vase in the British Museum. Cameo vase in blue and white glass with historical or mythological figures

Queen Victoria holding a fan Date: circa 1900

Art Nouveau Headdress / 1
An Art Nouveau headdress of ornamental fillet with elongated sections, incorporating a cameo, hanging over the ears. Also matching ornamental shoulder straps

Gold enamelling and jewellery, 16th and 17th centuries

Elizabeth Inchbald, English novelist, actress, and dramatist
Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), English novelist, actress, and dramatist. She married the actor Joseph Inchbald

Miss Sophia Lee (1750-1824), English dramatist and author
Portrait of Miss Sophia Lee (1750-1824), English dramatist and author of The Chapter of Accidents, the historical romance The Recess, or a Tale of other Times, etc

Miss Jones, a young officer's widow seduced by Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (1743 - 1821). She wears a tall bonnet decorated with lace and ribbons

Anne or Nancy Parsons, the Female Pilot, 18th century courtesan
Anne or Nancy Parsons, the Female Pilot

Trade card of David Deuchar, 1743-1808, Scottish engraver and stone cutter. Lapidary, Edinburgh

Apollo, god of music and dance, and his attributes
Fragment of the face of Apollo, god of music and dance, Apollo Musicus holding a lyre from a cameo in Stosch's collection, figure of Apollo with bow from a cameo in the Marlborough Collection

Gems illustrating Cupid and Psyche. Cameo in the Florentine Museum (top), Cupid burning a butterfly on cornelian in the possession of Mr

Cupid embracing Psyche, Greek goddess of the soul. From a cameo in the possession of Marquis Selini

Bust of unknown woman in carnelian cameo. Testa Incognita. In corniola

Mask of Bacchus, Roman god of wine, for a woman's use in a Bacchanalia. With wreath of vine leaved and grapes, hair gathered in ringlets. Bacho. In cameo

Bust of Julia Domna, Roman empress
Bust of Julia Domna or Augusta, c. 160 - 217 AD, Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus. Giulia Aug. In cameo

Bust of Roman Empress Poppaea Sabina
Bust of Poppaea Sabina, AD 30 - 65, also known as Ollia, Roman Empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. With garland of roses in her hair. Poppea. In cameo

Bust of a queen in red on white cameo
Bust of a queen, red head with diadem, exquisitely carved in cameo on a white ground. Regina Esterna. In cameo

Bust of Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Egypt
Bust of Cleopatra VII Philopator, 69-30 BC, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC. In cameo with ivy berries in her hair

Bust of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, with parazonium
Bust of Semiramis, queen of Assyria. Mythological Lydian-Babylonian wife of Onnes and Ninus.. In profile with her long hair loose, holding a parazonium dagger. Semiramis. In cameo

Bust of the goddess Minerva in winged helmet
Bust in profile of Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy

Bust of Lucius Septimius Severus and Julia Domna
Bust of Lucius Septimius Severus, 145 - 211, Roman emperor from 193 to 211. With second wife Julia Domna, married in 193. Settimio et Giulia. In cameo

Bust of Galba, Roman Emperor
Bust of Galba, born Servius Sulpicius Galba, 3 BC - AD 69. Sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. In sapphire. Calba. In cameo

Bust of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus or Britannicus, AD 41- 55. Son of Roman emperor Claudius and Valeria Messalina. Britanico. In cameo

Bust of Emperor Claudius, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. Claudio. In cameo of celestial blue on sardonyx base

Bust of Germanicus Julius Caesar, Roman general
Bust of Germanicus Julius Caesar, popular Roman general and politician, 15 BC - 19 AD. Known for his campaigns in Germania. Germanico. In cameo

Bust of Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman emperor
Bust of Drusus Julius Caesar, or Nero Claudius Drusus, 14 BC - 23 AD. Son of Emperor Tiberius, heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus. Neron Claudio Druso

Bust of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, second Roman emperor
Tiberius Caesar Augustus, second Roman emperor, 42 BC - AD 37. Succeeded his stepfather, first Roman emperor Augustus. In laurel wreath. Tiberio. In cameo

Bust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman general, statesman, and architect, c. 63 BC - 12 BC. In rostral crown. Marco Agrippa. In cameo

Bust of Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and satirist. In cameo. Seneca filosofo

Bust profile of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, in cameo
Bust profile of Cleopatra in cameo. Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC. With her hair tied up in a ribbon headdress

Democritus, ancient Greek philosopher, c. 460-370 BC
Democritus, ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, c. 460-370 BC. Bearded man in long robe with staff. Democrito Parte Avversa in cameo

Heraclitus of Ephesus, ancient Greek philosopher
Heraclitus of Ephesus, ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, fl. c.500 BC. Bearded man in long robe. Heraclito in cameo

Hermaphrodite reclining like Venus with Cupids who play music on a lyre and syringa or panpipes, and fan her with a leaf.. Ermafrodito in cameo

Sacrifice to a statue of Priapus Bacchus in cameo
Sacrifice to a statue of Priapus Bacchus with a thyrsus on his shoulder in cameo. A woman and boy bring votive offerings of clay apples and phalli in a basket

Asclepius, Hygieia and Telesphorus, Greek gods of health

Athena or Pallas, Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare, in cameo. Wearing a helmet decorated with winged horse Pegasus and chimera, breastplate with face of the Gorgon Medusa and snakes

Unknown ancient Greek philosopher with beard. Filisofo incognito. In cameo

Winged figure of Victoria driving a biga
Winged figure of Victoria, Roman goddess of Victory, driving a biga, a two-horse chariot. In cameo of sardonyx and sapphire. Biga. In cameo

Face with peach leaf signifying Truth in its mouth. Verita. In cameo

The Bird of Paradise and Colonel Witwou'd, - actress and courtesan Gertrude Mahon (nee Tilson) and George Bodens, Gentleman Usher to the King Date: 1781

The Abandoned Wife and The Seducing Captain Date: 1781

The Subtle Seducer and The American Financier, Richard Price
The Subtle Seducer and The American Financier - Richard Price, British philosopher, nonconformist minister, mathematician, supporter of American independence

Cameo portraits of seven Allied Generals
Posted from the BEF in France the card shows the team United against the Barbarians'. Passed by Censor 1332. WW1 Date: 1915

A beautiful and highly-detailed chromolithograph scrap portrait of Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death

Depictions of Jason, Minerva and Medea
Jason building his ship the Argo with help from Minerva on a terracotta bas-relief in the villa of Cardinal Alessandro Albani 1, figure of an owl from a Greek vase 2

Militiades, Themistocles and Pyrrhus I
Busts and gems of Athenian politicians Miltiades the Younger 1, 2, Themistocles 3, 4, and King Pyrrhus I 5. Milziade, Temistocle, &c

Ruins of the mausoleum to Drusus near Mainz, Germany
Ruins of the Drususstein (Drusus stone) mausoleum to Nero Claudius Drusus near Mainz. Drusus died battling the Chatti Germanic tribes in 9BC. Vestigia di un Sepolcro

Enlarging lantern advertisement 1905
Advertisement from W.Butcher and Sons camera house based in London, England. The advert promotes 3 different enlargers for creating photographic prints. 1905

Cameo rings, gold bauble and writing tools
Cameo rings with Pan and archer, golden bauble from a figure of a young Nero in the Villa Lante 2, cylindrical box to store papyri in a library 3, and a waxed tablet and stylus

Portraits of Maria, Catherine II and Princess Elizabeth
Portraits of Maria, Queen of Portugal, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, and Princess Elizabeth. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Gem and cameo engraving tools and equipment. Copperplate engraving by William Blake and Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, Verdi
Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, by Verdi, arranged for piano by Rudolf Nordmann. Date: late 19th century

Greetings card in the shape of an ornate golden box with an oval cameo with initial B. circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of an ornate golden box with an oval cameo. (1 of 2) circa 1890s

Old Woman Reads Letter Date: 1941

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Magdalena Ruiz
Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633). Infanta of Spain. Portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Magdalena Ruiz, 1585-1588. By Alonso Sanchez Coello (1531-1588). Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Miss Lilian Braithwaite - English Actress
Miss Lilian Braithwaite (1873 - 1948) - English Actress. Date: circa 1905

Marquisse of Castillejo. Engraving. Colored
Marquise of Castillejo. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored

Portrait of Manuela Camas y de las Heras, Consort to Juan Ag
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Portrait of Manuela Camas y de las Heras, Consort to Juan Agustin Cean Bermudez. C. 1785, Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Ecritoire given to Marie Antoinette by Louis XVI.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

The Cameo Ballroom at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago Date: 1920s

GAUDͬAntoni
GAUDI i CORNET, Antoni (1852-1926). Portrait of the early 20th c. DOMINGO PEREZ, M. (19th-20th century). Relief. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. G� alace

WWI Poster, What Burns said
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What Burns said in 1782 holds good in 1915. Take his tip. (Go and be a soldier.) Date: 1915

Variety of Gemstones
Left to right, top: Onyx, cornelian, tigers eye, jet, turquoise, lapis lazuli, hematite, jade. Bottom: Ivory, amber, coral, cultured pearl, freshwater pearl, shell, cameo

Mocha stone, sardonyx and agate
Mocha stone and sardonyx cameos resting on artificially dyed slabs of agate. All these varieties of chalcedony derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group

Nautilus pompilus, common nautilus
A seventeenth century carved nautilus shell showing three techniques used by Dutch craftsmen: cameo work, engraving and an opening resembling a helmet cut into the wall of the chamber

Precious opal
A Cameo representing the dawn, on a limonitic matrix from Australia. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Malachite cameo and malachite-chrysocolla mass. Malachite (copper carbonate hydroxide), has a distinctive green banding and belongs to the carbonate class

CATHERINE de Medicis (1519-1589)

Le printemps or spring

Birthday greetings postcard, featuring a lovely little sentimental poem, two pink roses and a photograph of a pretty girl in an oval cameo insert. Date: 1915

Lincolnshire Cameo
A North Lincolnshire cameo, near Barnoldby-le-Bec. Date: 1960s

Advert for Craven Cigarettes 1939

Cameo Room at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago
The Cameo Room (Ballroom and banquetting hall) at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago with convention attendees Date: 1920s

Music cover for A Christmas Bouquet of Choice Dance Music, by Eminent Composers

Costume & Doll 1859
Purple dress with bouillons at the hem, vertical trim & pelerine bodice. Green & black dress with double skirt & funnel sleeves with epaulettes. Girl in knee-length grey dress

Regency Beauty
A Regency beauty wearing a white robe over a blue slip, low cut corsage with lace tucker & medici collar, cameo belt buckle, pearls, long gloves & Kashmir shawl

Order of Star of India
ORDER OF STAR OF INDIA : Instituted in 1861. Shown here are the collar of lotus & the heraldic rose of England; an Investment badge pendant & ribbon with cameo of Victoria

Augustus (Cameo, Colour)
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS (originally Gaius Octavius, also known as Octavianus) First Roman Emperor

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