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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 2380320, member: 649&quot;]I just finished reading the article <i>Tomasso and Luigi Saulini</i>, by Malcolm Carr, published in the November 1975 edition of <i>Connoisseur</i> magazine. In it, a letter written by English artist and sculptor John Gibson, is quoted. Gibson was acting as a middleman between the English palace of Queen Victoria and the cameo studio of the Saulinis.</p><p>Tomasso died in 1864. Apparently, a letter was subsequently sent to Gibson expressing concern over H.M. receiving the two cameos she had commissioned of herself and Albert in a timely manner, and there was a mention that she also wanted six more!</p><p>Gibson&#039;s reply states, &quot;Saulini says that he will finish as soon as possible two more shell cameos &amp; consign them to be forwarded by the French Ambassador &amp; will <b>with the help of a clever workman</b> finish the others as soon as he is able.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Would this &quot;clever workman&quot; only do basic preparatory work or finishing... or would he actually do the majority, if not all, of the carving? Regardless, I presume the Saulini name was still signed on the pieces?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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