Necklace (part of a set) early 19th century German The necklace incorporates openwork medallions. The lowest is after the famous "Marlborough Gem" showing the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, copied by Wedgwood, among of cameos proliferated on objects of all sorts during the age of Neoclassicism. Some were copies, some inventions, but all owed their origins to Greco-Roman antiquity. By implication, these adaptations underscored the owner's erudition and sober good taste. The owner might be rich or humble. Pottery such as Wedgwood's, for example, made enough use of cameos to satisfy
Necklace (part of a set) early 19th century German The necklace incorporates openwork medallions. The lowest is after the famous "Marlborough Gem" showing the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, copied by Wedgwood, among of cameos proliferated on objects of all sorts during the age of Neoclassicism. Some were copies, some inventions, but all owed their origins to Greco-Roman antiquity. By implication, these adaptations underscored the owner's erudition and sober good taste. The owner might be rich or humble. Pottery such as Wedgwood's, for example, made enough use of cameos to satisfy all Necklace (part of a set) 202006
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