*" This 10K gold brooch also sports a darling enameled dangler with a little fringe of chains capped in tiny boules
like a large blood drop held aloft within a solid bezel
The comedy and tragedy masks in this ring are replicas of charms
A fiercely thoughtful gift
Converted from an antique cufflink using an antique stick pin to make the shank
Antique 14K & Carved Cameo Ring jewelers brass *" This 10K gold broochA cameo is a form of glyptography, or bas relief carving, most often cut into glass, hard stones, and shells. Artworks were crafted to create two layers on one piece of material, the top of which protruded from its background, creating a multi dimensional artwork. These detailed reliefs were often used to adorn pieces of jewelry, including brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings. The earliest cameos took inspiration from prehistoric petroglyphs,