Antique Intaglio Spinner with Stag Head and Classical Figure
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An antique intaglio spinner, the triple bloodstone and hardstone spinner, one side engraved with a stag head intaglio crest with motto reading 'Be mindful', and hardstone intaglio of a classical figure reading 'Souvenir', to a decorative gold lined mount., the stag head motif in conjunction with the motto 'Be mindful' is associated with Cawdor castle.
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- Hardstone - Hardstone is not a scientific name for a particular gemstone, but a word used to describe any one or more semi-precious stones used in jewellery and decorative arts, and can include jade, agate, onyx, rock crystal, amber, jet and carnelian. Softer stones and minerals such as soapstone, and alabaster and hard stones used in building such as marble or granite are generally excluded.
- Intaglio - A term used to define a method of decoration most common in glassmaking and jewellery which involves engraving, carving or moulding an image into the background, leaving an impression, and leaving the top surface of the item flat, the opposite to relief carving, and also know as counter-relief.
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