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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 314945, member: 5833&quot;]It&#039;s a niche interest, so thought there should be a niche for those of us who appreciate these little works of art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hoping this will be an ongoing thread for sharing and learning about cameos.&nbsp; Intaglios welcome too!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll start off with a cameo received just this afternoon.&nbsp; It might qualify as a &#039;find&#039;, although not bought for a thrift shop price.&nbsp; Still, with it in my hand, think I got a very good deal for $100.&nbsp; It was sold as gold filled, and seller&#039;s photos added to the impression that the setting was not very good.&nbsp; My interest was in the hardstone cameo of Michelangelo, so threw in the opening bid and won without opposition.&nbsp; There is a tag on the safety chain not shown in the listing.&nbsp; It appears to confirm my immediate impression when I had the piece in my hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cutter of the cameo tamed his subject&#039;s distinctively unruly hair.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]104442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]104443[/ATTACH] </p><p>The way cabinetry typically has parts that are out of sight and made of &#039;secondary wood&#039;, it is usual for a cameo like this to be framed and ornamented in precious metal while having hidden more structural bits made of brass, pinchbeck, etc.&nbsp; The seller appears to have misread the tag as indicating the whole piece is gold filled.&nbsp; Based on the weight in my hand, even taking into account the stone, and the quality of the T hinge and C clasp, very similar to the findings on the Luigi Rosi cameo I have shown elsewhere (Christmas gift to self), I had already concluded it would be wise to have the setting tested.&nbsp; Then I bothered to read the tag.&nbsp; I will still get around to having it tested, after the holidays when my jewellers have rested up a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your turn.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":writer:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":turtle:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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