Black Shell Carved Cameo / Shell Cameo and chain / Carved Cameo / Mother of Pearl Cameo fertility I'm often asked if I

I'm often asked if I can certify that the stones are natural and not lab created

This ring is set with a natural earth mined ruby that is oval in cut

but it does test as silver

Lady Christine

Black Shell Carved Cameo / Shell Cameo and chain / Carved Cameo / Mother of Pearl Cameo fertility I'm often asked if ICameos have had a long history of being admired and loved. In fact, Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder (23 to 79 A. D.) wrote about glass cameos as costume jewelry for those who could not afford cameos carved from gems or semiprecious stones such as agate. Shell cameos, relatively new in the history of cameos, became popular six to seven hundred years ago during the Renaissance but the height of their popularity occurred during the Victorian