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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9740541, member: 5833"]She's a sight better than a 1950s pretty lady or a 1960s Pony Tail Girl. I have observed before that cutters tend to be good with faces but not with hair or good with hair but not with faces. This guy was the latter. He did a lovely, careful job with the curls, the diadem & the veil. The face is adequate but flat & stiff. He stumbled on the perspective of the chestal area. This one (not mine) is not perfect either, but shows a more lifelike face:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]476334[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first realized that I wasn't just buying a few pretty cameos, that I was starting a collection, my focus was on acquiring examples of as many different subject as I could. I still do not have one like yours, so I would have grabbed this one if the price had been right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the Hera/Junos I do have, I especially like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]476335[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9740541, member: 5833"]She's a sight better than a 1950s pretty lady or a 1960s Pony Tail Girl. I have observed before that cutters tend to be good with faces but not with hair or good with hair but not with faces. This guy was the latter. He did a lovely, careful job with the curls, the diadem & the veil. The face is adequate but flat & stiff. He stumbled on the perspective of the chestal area. This one (not mine) is not perfect either, but shows a more lifelike face: [ATTACH=full]476334[/ATTACH] When I first realized that I wasn't just buying a few pretty cameos, that I was starting a collection, my focus was on acquiring examples of as many different subject as I could. I still do not have one like yours, so I would have grabbed this one if the price had been right. Of the Hera/Junos I do have, I especially like this one: [ATTACH=full]476335[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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