Tag: porcelain cameos

Porcelain Cameos Used on Headstones

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Porcelain photographs have been recognized and used on memorial headstones and monuments for decades now. Starting in the early 1800’s these memorial portraits were mainly used on European monuments and in Black and white. During the migration of Europeans coming to America they brought this feature with them. Today with the advent of color printers […]

Supplying Pure Porcelain Blanks for Headstones

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Pure Porcelain Cameo Blanks American Headstones Company is the leader in supplying pure porcelain blanks used for firing photos that’s placed on monuments and headstones. These porcelain blanks are the standard in industry. Fired in a kiln and defect free of pits and voids on the surface. This ensures a flat glossy finish for the […]

Pure Porcelain Cameos VS Enameled Steel Cameos

81 Year Old Porcelain Cameo

Which Is Better: Pure Porcelain Cameos VS Enameled Steel Cameos On our most recent trip to visit some of our family’s headstone markers we decided to document how pure porcelain cameos hold up to the test of time versus cameos made from enameled steel. To recognize a pure porcelain cameo look for the ones that […]