Posted 10 years ago
LelandLee
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My Grandmother's Grandfather gave her this brooch. A Northerner from Illinois, he fought in the Civil War on Tennessee battlegrounds. As it wasn't given to his wife nor his daughter, I believe he held onto it with some reservation before he finally gave it away before his death. I have never seen anything like this... Building in the background is more castle or fortress like with a brick fortress wall around. Though it has been boxed up for more than 90 years, it looks to have been smoothed down by touch from another time... Any thoughts anyone?
What an incredible cameo. I have not seen one like that before.
Hopefully some of the jewellery experts can help out.
I agree racer. Looks like an old iron smelter & that, to me, is a really strange image for a cameo.
Thank you everyone. Idcloisonne's information Was helpful. i researched further with her tip And found another cameo which looks like it was carved by the same hand on http://www.tellmewhereonearth.com as well as on Pinterest.
This is Rebecca on the well. The Holy Bible. Genesis 24 : 1-67 .
sorry..I mean 'at' the well.
I kind of liked "on the well" better.
Idcl, I've been called a lot worse! Probably maybe 4-6 times in the past 24 hrs.
Hi, excuse my english, please, I am dutch. If you Google on "Rebecca at the well cameo" you wil find more cameo's telling the same story in different ways. The lady is wearing 18th century clothing, but also on famous paintings with Bible-subjects figures are wearing clothes of the century the painter himself lived in. Same with cameo's, made in former centuries.
idcloisonne, not rare to me, I know a lot of these cameo's called 'Rebecca at the wall'. The story tells about a servant who is in search of a young woman to marry the son of his master, called Izaak, asking God: "the first woman that wil appear and will ask me : shall I give water to your camels too? Is she the woman I'll have to bring to marry?" No jar is to see but the story tells more than only giving water, she is going to her fathers house to ask him to give the foreigner a place for the night and so on, she has got beautiful jewelry from the foreigner ..and later on she is going to his masters house to marry his son Izaak. For me it is clear but we can ofcourse have a difference of opinion.
the well
Cameo C1334 under Carved Shell Italian Cameos on http://www.tellmewhereonearth.com/Web%20Pages/Cameos/cameos_pg_14.htm
Looks like the cameo Maura described
The back will help to date this piece.
scott
http://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/religious/rebecca-at-the-well
http://www.schelpcameeen.nl/
I hope seeing back of this cameo sheds some light for Scott! Thank you
http://www.antiquejewelrymall.com/rebatwelcars.html
http://www.trocadero.com/amri/items/1111714/item1111714.html
http://www.antiquingonline.com/html/51407.htm
Thank you idcloisonne, and this site, Colletorsweekly, I just discovered, is also great to learn for me! When selling a cameo with a lady and a house or wall, with tree, it is always called Rebecca at the well. Although it can be just a lady and her house. It is called that way, and many cameo-carfers in Italy had to work very quick to earn money so the Rebecca cameo sometimes was made easy and less complicated, like: just a lady and her house.
I truly appreciate everyone's assistance, for the leads, information and multitude of resources in solving the origin of my Grandmother's cameo! I look forward to sharing this information with my family.
Mahalo!
B