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Message:: [QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 324155, member: 5833"]This is just me venting &, I suppose, sending out a warning, about professional jewellers when it comes to cameos.  I so often see <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/152838472998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/152838472998" rel="nofollow">this sort of thing.</a>UNIQUE..14 K Gold hand-carved Cameo Ring Agate Antique uniqueThis description and the title were obtained from a jeweler.... [ATTACH=full]108091[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108092[/ATTACH]I can't second guess about the quality of the gold, but when a jeweller asserts that a helmet shell cameo is agate, it always makes me wonder whether anything else they say is correct.  The setting covers the deep concavity of the back that would have been (or should have been) the final tippoff, but someone who actually knew what they were talking about would have known better from what's visible.  It has been my experience that jewellers are always sure, but not always right, particularly about cameos. This one was cut using the horn of the shell to make it stand out so far.  There seems to have been a fad at some point for these forward facing ladies with prominent features. Seller is setting themselves up for a complaint of 'not as described'.  I would consider warning them, except know it is probably futile since they have had the opinion of a professional & who the heck am I?  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie48" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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