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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 442772, member: 5833&quot;]For those of you who observed that the hinge &amp; clasp are later than Victorian, give yourself a point.</p><p><br /></p><p>This hardstone piece, a similar type of figure, was probably cut in the 20th century.&nbsp; The multiple notations on the back probably indicate the production of a workshop rather than a single hand.&nbsp; (And all the white specks indicate a household ruled by cats.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]155676[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]155678[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, I have yet to see a cameo that was white coral, much less one that was mounted on a stone background.&nbsp; Half the cameos described as angel skin/pink coral are actually conch shell and, of those cut in a white material that did originate in the sea, all are shell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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