Details
Eleven unmounted agate or citrine cameos
Two in citrine with the three quarter facing heads of Imperial ladies, 19th Century, the larger 3cm. high; an agate example carved in the pale yellow layer with the facing head of the Medusa on grey ground, 19th Century, 2.4cm. high; a cornelian facing head of the Medusa, late 18th Century, 2.4cmn. high; a small sardonyx profile of a wreathed male head facing right, and an onyx profile of an idealised male head facing right, both late 18th Century, and five small cameos carved in the white layer, three with female portraits, one with Cupid holding a butterfly (Psyche) above his torch, and one with the profiles of Castor and Pollux, a star in the field, 17th to 19th Century (11)
Two in citrine with the three quarter facing heads of Imperial ladies, 19th Century, the larger 3cm. high; an agate example carved in the pale yellow layer with the facing head of the Medusa on grey ground, 19th Century, 2.4cm. high; a cornelian facing head of the Medusa, late 18th Century, 2.4cmn. high; a small sardonyx profile of a wreathed male head facing right, and an onyx profile of an idealised male head facing right, both late 18th Century, and five small cameos carved in the white layer, three with female portraits, one with Cupid holding a butterfly (Psyche) above his torch, and one with the profiles of Castor and Pollux, a star in the field, 17th to 19th Century (11)
Provenance
The first two cameos Schroder Collection, lot 117 (possibly nine camei and cuttings in relief, in varied stones, two in topaz), penultimate cameo, lot 111 (possibly Cupid with butterfly), last cameo, lot 130 (possibly the Dioscuri)