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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 756823, member: 5833"]Have found another for sale. Price is likely to exceed my desire to have it, but will give it a go. It has the more common signature, the one where the second vowel is formed like the first, so unless the name is Lomont, it's Lamant, supported by the almanac listing. I have one example in which the second vowel really does look more like an O than an A, otherwise very similar. And then there is one with the signature in cursive. Ready, steady, go:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]189913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189915[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The way the L, the only thing that can be compared well, is made on the cursive signature is significantly different from the other Ls with their tight little initial loop.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, why would such a disproportionate number of cameos with the printed signature turn up on the market & the cursive be so rare if there were 2 of them, working at the same level of skill?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 756823, member: 5833"]Have found another for sale. Price is likely to exceed my desire to have it, but will give it a go. It has the more common signature, the one where the second vowel is formed like the first, so unless the name is Lomont, it's Lamant, supported by the almanac listing. I have one example in which the second vowel really does look more like an O than an A, otherwise very similar. And then there is one with the signature in cursive. Ready, steady, go: [ATTACH=full]189913[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189915[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189918[/ATTACH] The way the L, the only thing that can be compared well, is made on the cursive signature is significantly different from the other Ls with their tight little initial loop. On the other hand, why would such a disproportionate number of cameos with the printed signature turn up on the market & the cursive be so rare if there were 2 of them, working at the same level of skill?[/QUOTE]
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