Custom Cameo Portrait Jewelry

Cameo jewelery Link List 

Portrait Cameos

My home web-site for portrait cameo jewelry. I am one of a very select group of artists who can carve modern portrait cameos into gemstone.

Cameo heaven

Jan Campbell has put together a great collection of both hardstone agate cameo and shell cameos. Jan is mentioned in Anna Millers book Cameos Old and New.

She also did a tv show on Lynette Jennings and Is a qualified appraiser of cameos. Great service, very friendly, experienced and professional.

Pommeraie Antiques

Silvio at Pommeraie Antiques has a wonderful collection of antique cameos in agate, shell, coral, lava and ivory.

They are located in Milan, Italy and they sell to collectors worldwide. Their archive section of cameos sold is a great resource as is the rest of the site.

Rowan and Rowan

Michele Rowan gives lectures on cameos, most recently to the Friends of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and to the Friends of the Tiffany Museum in Nagoya, Japan.

She has appeared on television programmes giving advice about purchasing antique jewellery, most recently on the BBC Inside Antiques series. Michele is the author of the book Nineteenth Century Cameos.

Things Gone By

An on-line antique store specializing in authentic antiques and fine antique jewelry. They have been in business since 1985 and established this website in February 1997.

They were one of the first antique dealers on the Web and carry a wide range of antique jewelry and hard to find Georgian and Victorian mourning jewelry and antique cameos.

Casco Italian Shell Cameos

CASCO s.r.l. - founded in 1928 by Scognamiglio family is the leading manufacturer of coral and cameo utilizing traditional methods that have been used for over 5000 years.

Their factory is located in Torre del Greco, Italy, the capital city of coral and cameos, nestled between the foot of Mount Vesuvio and the Mediterranean Sea, overlooking the bay of Naples.

Contact Paolo Scognamiglio for more info

The Cameo Collection

The cameo collection is bought to you by Lovina Rutt.

The Cameo Collection sell some very fine shell cameos. Imported from the tiny town of Torre del Greco, Italy - which is, to this day, the center of shell cameo carving in the world.

Their cameos come directly from master carver Gennaro Borriello, who himself employs fifty trained artisans.

This relationship ensures that each hand-carved cameo has been produced by artists whose hands understand the shells they carve and the timeless beauty they create.

If you'd like to learn more, visit their shop at the Old Bag Factory in Goshen, Indiana.

Resources for gemstones 

Gemstone carvers, gem mineral and crystal suppliers and magazines

Lapidary Journal magazine

The oldest magazine devoted to Lapidary. All things to do with stone cutting, collecting, stone carving and now a large amount of bead making content.

I used to subscribe to this when I was only 8 years old and collecting minerals and fossils. Used to really look forward to it arriving each month.

Make sure you get the Tuscon guide which is a special issue devited to the annual gem show held in Tuscon, Arizona in Jan-Feb.

Colored Stone magazine

A sister magazine to the Lapidary Journal. This one is geared more towards the jewelry trade with articles about designers, suppliers and larger companies.

There is a useful guide to industry gem shows from round the world and frequent articles on gemstones and diamonds.

Gemwise Blog

A very useful blog by Richard Wise a gemmologist and jeweler from Massachusetts, US. This is updated regularly and he does know his subject !