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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2536979, member: 5833&quot;]Some gambles don&#039;t pay off.&nbsp; I had hoped this cameo would clean up better than she did, but not completely disappointed.&nbsp; She was part of an auction lot that included a strand of pearls I assumed, wrongly, were artificial.&nbsp; Cameo is just over an inch tall, about 25mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]269267[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]269268[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>She has been just impossible to photograph well.&nbsp; Even if I were a much better photographer, it would not be possible to capture completely the color of the stone.&nbsp; The background layer is a nearly colorless translucent chalcedony.&nbsp; Anything behind it shows through, including the metal bar across the back that holds the pin findings, which is what creates the effect of a darker lower part.&nbsp; She is probably pre-Victorian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plan on wearing the pearls at every opportunity.&nbsp; Type of clasp says they have a little age on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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