gem-cutter

To an untrained eye the pieces were assorted pebbles of precious tourmaline, uncarved or barely carved by some barbaric gem-cutter with crude vigor but little skill.

Lord of the Isles 1997

He declared it an original antique of the rarest quality; and Odelli, the best gem-cutter in Rome, coincided in the opinion.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various

He was a painter, gem-cutter, and experimenter in encaustic and mosaic, a pupil of his father, and of the painter Corvi.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

His son GIACOMO was trained to be a gem-cutter and executed many works in Milan, whither he had gone to be near his sister

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Almost in childhood the boy had taken to himself the tools of the gem-cutter and, as he grew older, showed a special liking for cameo.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Experts considered it probably to be the work of Athenion, a famous gem-cutter of the first

Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison 1904

It was Glaukias the sculptor, her father's tenant; for his work-room stood on the plot of ground by the garden of Hermes, which the gem-cutter had inherited from his father-in-law.

A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

"Quite right," answered the freedman, gravely, and then went on to explain to the gem-cutter that he could not see Diodoros just now, but must instantly leave the country with his son and daughter on Berenike's ship.

A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

Heron's daughter had escaped; whether he could not produce the gem-cutter and his son.

A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

The gem-cutter looked like the shadow of himself, and had lost his upright carriage.

A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867