OLD STYLE

Ring Shell Sardonyx

Size 7


beautiful ring for a gift worked by hand

To limit costs but not the BEAUTY is mounted on silver gilt 925

Gold dipped 24K



The ring will be delivered in a convenient case

Elegant and Precious Stone worked completely by hand by artist of Torre del Greco , The sardonyx shell (the shell is always the material used to make cameos and can only be worked hand is composed of two colors)

the manufacturing of cameos at hand is escusar Produced by me. NOT FOUND IN THE TRADE may be similar but there will always be a variation. The objects in cameo produced in limited quantities

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The cameo is a jewel through the incision of the shell, in particular the Cypraecassis rufa, the Cassis madascarensis and Cassis Horned because these s of the family of Cassis with the surface consists of two distinct layers of color, which allows you to isolate clearly from the bottom figure in relief.

Still working cameo is made handcrafted.

The first phase of the process is the choice of suitable all'incisione shell. Later it moves to scoppatura or to cut the convex part of the shell, the "cup" and then proceeding to the mark and the shaping of the piece cut, or in the cup will draw the contours of cameos that we get and delete , Cut, unnecessary parts.

Finally we pass all'aggarbatura that it gives the piece the shape (usually oval or round), using a special grinder. Now the pieces have been fixed on a time of warm wood with mastic composed of Greek pitch, wax and canary grass. After mixing it moves to scrostatura that abrasion of the outermost part of the shell to leave the surface layer of clear impact. The work then all'incisore that draws on the surface the subject to play