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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1835691, member: 5833&quot;]I go to the Hermitage&#039;s web site with its on line collection now &amp; then.&nbsp; It&#039;s a bit awkward to use.&nbsp; I also have some Russian language books I can&#039;t read other than photo captions that show there greatest ancient &amp; modern treasures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Catherine&#039;s collection is legendary.&nbsp; She scooped up everything she could manage to acquire &amp; she acquired a lot from nobility that went broke.&nbsp; She also secured James Tassie&#039;s success by ordering a complete set of the gem impressions he was making in glass, as well as in less expensive materials.&nbsp; She also ordered a custom cabinet to hold them.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/13.%20Furniture/120601/!ut/p/z1/jZDNTsMwEIRfhR5yxF47cRK4WUZQSotRxU_wBaWVmxglceQ6jcTTYyouIAjsbaSZ2W8XK1xg1ZUHU5Xe2K5sgn5W6YvkPCWxgIUU7AK4XN-xtbi9ApLgp6MBfhkOWP0nP2FQ0_WLvxaEC6hbiVWFVV_6-tR0O4sLEqOTy8F1xg9OB0khBRJg1Le665ss1N2zuZSPgork0zANZDYtGrctAsQoAxKfAeQZzZI8_aDh3SbOA43TO-20Q4MLb6697_fnEUQwjiOqrK0ajba2jeCnSG33HhdfnbhvH4q35RxeWXNY8tnsHVQPHZI!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?lng=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/13.%20Furniture/120601/!ut/p/z1/jZDNTsMwEIRfhR5yxF47cRK4WUZQSotRxU_wBaWVmxglceQ6jcTTYyouIAjsbaSZ2W8XK1xg1ZUHU5Xe2K5sgn5W6YvkPCWxgIUU7AK4XN-xtbi9ApLgp6MBfhkOWP0nP2FQ0_WLvxaEC6hbiVWFVV_6-tR0O4sLEqOTy8F1xg9OB0khBRJg1Le665ss1N2zuZSPgork0zANZDYtGrctAsQoAxKfAeQZzZI8_aDh3SbOA43TO-20Q4MLb6697_fnEUQwjiOqrK0ajba2jeCnSG33HhdfnbhvH4q35RxeWXNY8tnsHVQPHZI!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?lng=en" rel="nofollow">It is still in the museum</a>.&nbsp; If you go back to <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-44#post-447986" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-44#post-447986">this section of the thread</a>, you will read about how a cameo I bought on eBay led to communication with Julia Kagan, the grande doyenne of the engraved gems world, now still working from home for the Hermitage.&nbsp; A high point of my collecting career for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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