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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 329709, member: 5833&quot;]Thank you.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; No, the red, both the layer used for the skin tone &amp; the speckled inclusions in the background layer, are all natural to the stone.&nbsp; Unlike the agate that became usual by the start of the Victorian era, earlier gem engravers &amp; lapidary artists often made use of stones that had some character of their own.</p><p><br /></p><p>To my mind, the Miseroni family &amp; their workshop did the greatest work ever when it comes to bringing out the potential in usual stones.&nbsp; If you want to be wowed, scroll through this search of the collections of the <a href="https://www.khm.at/nocache/de/objektdb/?no_cache=1&amp;L=0&amp;query=Miseroni&amp;view=0&amp;rand=10&amp;page=13&amp;id=11227#object-73999v" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.khm.at/nocache/de/objektdb/?no_cache=1&amp;L=0&amp;query=Miseroni&amp;view=0&amp;rand=10&amp;page=13&amp;id=11227#object-73999v" rel="nofollow">Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna</a>.&nbsp; All those pieces that look like glass are rock crystal, and the cameos &amp; other little sculptures...&nbsp; Well, you&#039;ll just have to see.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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