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The Italian Cameo Jewely Store

Welcome to my cameo jewelry lenses

Cameos are more than just pieces of jewelery, they are veritable art effect that never grow old. And like any such art effects they grow in value with time. Yes, cameos is more than just a piece of jewelery they are an investment. One of the best gift you could give to someone you love.

CAMEOS are cut out of stone or shell. The word cameo comes from the Hebrew word KAMEA which means a charm or amulet or Latin CAMMAEUS "engraved gem". These are said to be the root origin of the word CAMEO, but even among experts this is disputed.

Regardless of the TRUE origin of the term, cameos are beautiful and who does love to admire a cameo. If you have never though about acquiring a cameo, it is my goal to make you want to know more about them any may be may you want to have one now and forever.

Shell Cameos Jewels For Life

The carving process for the shell cameo begins in the seas where the shell divers select specimens of the conch shell to be carved.

For shell cameos, the outer coating of the shell (cup) is used as well as the inner lip, the part of the shell that leads to the inside of the shell. The shell is cut out to form a rough oval form, and then smoothed off with a grinding wheel to obtain a perfect oval. After having obtained the oval, it is then sculptured to remove the whitish shell to reveal the background which creates the contrast in color.

The artist sketch roughly the cameo shape before graving. For the graving process he uses a sharp steel graver that will allow him to create the most intricate details.

Good shell candidate for the best cameos are the shells who offer a great contrast from light on top to dark at the base. This allows the carver to sculpt a light figure on a dark background. The result is a gorgeous shell cameo.

The frames, like cameos themselves, are created in all shapes and sizes, the most popular being the oval. A gold metal ribbon (bezel or gallery wire) is wrapped around the perimeter and folded over the edge of each single cameo. In this fashion no two can be exactly alike in their curvature, thickness and contour. The bezel is then twisted into a decoration, such as braids or ribbons.

The cameo shell are carved in the town of Torre del Greco in Italy. This small town is one of the two centers of the cameo in the world. The other center is the town of Idar-Oberstein in Germany.

Gemstone Cameos

Gemstone Cameo A Jewel For Generations

Hardstone cameos have been carved in gemstone since ancient times and used on helmets and military accessories like breastplates and sword handles, on rings and other jewelry, and on vases, cups and dishes. During the Middle Ages, Pope Paul II was an avid cameo collector.

The birthplace of the gemstone carmeo is Idar-Oberstein in Germany. The other cameo center of the world. Even though the shell cameo is more popular nowadays, the stone cameo is no less beautiful and valuable.

The most popular motif for a cameo carved from gemstone is the profile of a woman. However, because it is "tougher" than a shell cameo, many themes could be carved into agate and other "hardstones". These themes included: gods/goddesses, mythology, birds and flowers. The most valued gemstone cameos, however, are "metamorphic" ones. These include several subjects, such as a woman and a flower, within one carving. These are also called art cameos.

Hardstone cameos are more durable than shell cameos; so they are much more expensive than shell cameos. For this reason, they are said by many jewelers to be a finer type of cameo than their shell-based counterparts.

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Cameo's Famous Carvers

Is your cameo carved by a famous cameo carver?

To know the answer to this question, look on the back of the shell and hold it up to the light. Maybe you will see one of these signatures of a famous shell cameo carver.

This could mean that you are holding a valuable cameo.

Diego D'Estrada

Dioskourides

Giuseppe Girometti

Benedetto Pistrucci

Tommaso Saulini

Ciro Accanito 9/4/1976

Giuseppe Lombardo (GILO)

Domenico Accusato

Ciro Magliulo 16/5/1965

Mariano Achito 27/3/1944

Raffaele Magliulo 1/3/1958

Giovanni Ammendola

Giovanni Marrazzo

Giovanni Aversano 24/1/64

Ciro Mazza

Balzano Franco 28/8/69

Francesco Monastero 16/3/1968

Gennaro Bottiglieri

Amerigo Cervasio Patrizia Parlati 4/3/1963

Antonio Coto 29/12/1975

Vincenzo Parlati

Enzo Cirillo

Aniello Pernice

Antonio Crispino 2/8/1969

Rachele Porzio

Franco Della Grotta 13/8/64

Giovanni Romano

Ciro Pasquale Ercolanesi 1945/02/13

Ciro Romano

Ciro Fiscale 19/5/56

Vincenzo Romito

Vincenzo Formisano

Benito Ruotolo 5/51936

Giovanni Fraterno 26/10/78

Italia Ruotolo

Antonio Frulio 4/7/71

Ciro Scognamiglio 15/5/1981

Crescenzo Gaglione 27/5/47

Francesco Scognamiglio

Gennaro Garofalo 16/1/1941

Ferdinando Serpe

Giannamaria Garofalo

Umberto Serpe 3/6/1971

Antonio Guarracino

Antonio Spitaletta 12/20/1964

Alfonso Imperatrice

Claudio Terminio 04/21/1973

Tommaso Itri (TOMI) 7/7/58

Giuseppe Tesoriero 06/23/1973

Carla Jannacone

Cristoforo Tormolino 5/8/58

Carmine Jannacone

Ciro Vitiello

Michele Langella (MILLET)

Raffaele Vitiello

Vincenzo Langella

Vincenzo Volpe