Price guide to antique portrait cameo rings. Portrait cameos are those which portray an actual person, although the term is often used to describe cameos  which portray a standard head. Genuine portrait cameos depicting real people would most probably have been hand-carved.

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Set with an amethyst carved in relief with the face of Medusa, within a later mount naturalistically modelled as snakes, later brooch fitting with French import assay mark.

Sold for 11,875 GBP at Sotheby’s

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Scalloped, brushed gold plated frame, with pin back & a small loop for hanging as a pendant. Gorgeous dark golden brown shell. 1 1/8″ X 1 1/2″.

Sold for $120 at Connoisseur Auctions

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18KT yellow gold  Cameo Pin/Pendant weighing 24.6 grams. The pin/pendant has a twisted rope motif frame.

Sold for $1,300 at BK Auctions

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Apollo was worshipped throughout the Roman Empire. In the traditionally Celtic lands he was most often seen as a healing and sun god. He was often equated with Celtic gods of similar character.

Moonstone has been used in jewelry for millenia, including ancient civilizations. The Romans admired moonstone, as they believed it was born from solidified rays of the moon. Both the Romans and Greeks associated Moonstone with their lunar deities. In more recent history, the moonstone became popular during the Art Nouveau period; French goldsmith René Lalique and many others created a large quantity of jewelry using this stone.

The moonstone derives it’s name from  a visual effect, or sheen, caused by light diffraction within a micro-structure consisting of a regular succession of feldspar layers. The most common moonstone is of the mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. The plagioclase feldspar oligoclase also produces moonstone specimens. Moonstone is feldspar with a pearly and opalescent schiller. An alternative name is hecatolite. Reference Wikipedia

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Vintage 14k gold and carved coral ring. Features a natural salmon pink coral stone carved in the shape of a woman. Coral is prong set in a twisted rope knot setting. Ring face measures 1″ x 4/5″. Ring size 6. Tested 14k. Weighs 14.5 grams. In good condition with some wear from use.

Sold for $375 at Hill Auction Gallery

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The ring is set with an oval shaped carved cameo depicting the head and shoulders of a young lady, in a four claw setting on a 9ct rose gold shank with patterned shoulders.

The cameo measures 10.11mm by 8.99mm. Fully hallmarked. Finger size is L. Weight 1.9 grams.

Sold for £79.00 in the UK

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