Ancient Engraved Sapphires

Rarity of engraved sapphires due to its hardess. Engraved sapphires found in Russia, France, and Rome, Italy.

The ancients engraved the sapphire notwithstanding its extreme hardness.

There is a beautiful sapphire among the crown jewels of Russia representing a female figure enveloped in drapery. The stone is of two tints, and the artist has skilfully used the dark tint for the woman and the light tint for the drapery. This gem formed part of the collection of the Duke of Orleans.

The cabinet of France possesses in sapphire a very remarkable intaglio representing the Emperor Pertinax.

The marvel of this kind is an engraving by Cneius representing the profile of a young Hercules. It is in the Strozzi Cabinet at Rome.


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