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Tommaso Saulini (italian 1793-1864) Large Signed Shell Cameo of a Lady (1 of 10)
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Tommaso Saulini (italian 1793-1864) Large Signed Shell Cameo of a Lady

REF: 582RL6395 / LA503101
£1,550
€1,811
$1,950
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Description
Tommaso Saulini (Italian 1793-1864). A large signed shell cameo of a lady wearing an earring and a pearl necklace. Signed “T Saulini F”. In a pinchbeck pendant mount. Tomasso Saulini and his son Luigi were among the most celebrated cameo carvers in 19th-century Rome. Recorded by Murray's Guides to Rome as having been working there from 1853. Tommaso Saulini exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition in London and carved cameos for the Royal Order of Victoria & Albert. After Tommaso died the studio was run by his son Luigi until he died in 1883. Bibliography:- Micaela Dickman de Petra & Francesca Barberini, 'Tommaso e Luigi Saulini. Incisori di cammei nella Roma dell'Ottocento', Rome 2006 Malcolm Carr, 'Tommaso and Luigi Saulini' in Connoisseur, November 1975, pp. 170-181.
measurements
Height:
5.5 cm
Width:
4.6 cm
Cameo: 5 cm x 4 cm
declaration
Lefays has clarified that the Tommaso Saulini (italian 1793-1864) Large Signed Shell Cameo of a Lady (LA503101) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 19th Century
condition
Very good. Some stress lines in the cameo background at top left. A gap in the beading surrounding the mount at upper right and light verdigris showing there and on the bale.
location
This Tommaso Saulini (italian 1793-1864) Large Signed Shell Cameo of a Lady is located in United Kingdom