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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 634189, member: 5833&quot;]Oh, brava!!!&nbsp; That looks extremely promising.&nbsp; Guidebooks like this did not discriminate against shell cameo cutters, &amp; look who I found mentioned in the Appendix:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]182637[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/163419698132" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/163419698132" rel="nofollow">Bissinger</a> is a known name.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TUQAAOSwnKFcCsdT/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Francati &amp; Santamaria were major dealers in both raw materials &amp; finished work, with establishments in more than one place.&nbsp; I wondered whether the name that kicked off this whole thread could be Francati, but doesn&#039;t seem to fit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was puzzled why there were not more results for searching within the book for &#039;cameo&#039;.&nbsp; Turns out Italy is not one of the countries included.</p><p><br /></p><p>You just added great stuff while I was typing all this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ad is for Charles Schmoll, the successor establishment to Schmoll Senior &amp; Son, which was founded in 1838.&nbsp; They offer a large assortment of cameos in both hardstone and shell at good prices.&nbsp; Maybe kyratango can enlighten us on the meaning of &#039;med. expos.&nbsp; 1878&#039;&nbsp; Suspect it means they won a medal at the exposition of that year.&nbsp; Charles Schmoll &amp; the earlier firm seem to be primarily dealers.&nbsp; Looks like Charles began to cut cameos himself.&nbsp; He seems to have signed everything he ever made, including this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]182640[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; He never reached the highest level of skill, but got pretty good.&nbsp; He attempted some very ambitious things.&nbsp; This one, which is mine, almost works:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]182641[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is now going to be very hard for anyone to convince me that you have not hit on the correct solution to the puzzle. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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