Description

Magnificent Saulini Studios Double Cameo antique Bullmouth Helmet Shell from Rome. With Oceanus and Romulus and Remus Verso at Nicholas Wells Antiques Ltd

Double cameo deeply engraved with Oceanus / Neptune deeply carved profile bust with a dolphin in his hair and within a border of overlapping reeds, the reverse carved with the symbol of Rome, Romulus and Remus suckling from a wolf.

Literature on Saulini Studios

Rowan and Rowan / 19th century Cameos / page 89 / signed example shown.