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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 330488, member: 5833"]This is the second time in 24 hours that someone has drawn my attention to a cameo that is shown to be signed without any mention from the seller. Afraid I can't quite make it out, starts with 'A' I think, maybe one of the names from that period will pop into my head eventually.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]110472[/ATTACH] </p><p>They have certainly priced it as though they realize it is signed & know by whom. Ruby Lane is never the place to go shopping for cameo bargains, although a search of eBay for 'cameo shell Diana gold' shows you could also do worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 2 in the results at the moment I would be happy to have myself, although one of them is a bacchante, not Diana. Seller of item #</p><p>332305854378 says the piece is signed but too faint to show:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]110473[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Item # 112531739412 is a very pretty conch shell Diana:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]110474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are supposed to be 14K. May still be more than you want to spend, and may or may not be to your taste, but shows you can probably find something you like at a price closer to what you are prepared to spend. Of these 2, the bacchante is the more appropriately priced; the conch shell piece is still rather high.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a quick way of seeing others you might like, you can run the same search, except substituting Flora, bacchante, Dionysus or Bacchus (latter 2 will overlap) for Diana. There are of course other Dianas listed but unidentified. There are a couple that use 'maenad' without also using 'bacchante'. Did not see any I would recommend for the price, but the more you look, the more you refine what you want & the more chance you have to find it. <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>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 330488, member: 5833"]This is the second time in 24 hours that someone has drawn my attention to a cameo that is shown to be signed without any mention from the seller. Afraid I can't quite make it out, starts with 'A' I think, maybe one of the names from that period will pop into my head eventually. [ATTACH=full]110472[/ATTACH] They have certainly priced it as though they realize it is signed & know by whom. Ruby Lane is never the place to go shopping for cameo bargains, although a search of eBay for 'cameo shell Diana gold' shows you could also do worse. There are 2 in the results at the moment I would be happy to have myself, although one of them is a bacchante, not Diana. Seller of item # 332305854378 says the piece is signed but too faint to show: [ATTACH=full]110473[/ATTACH] Item # 112531739412 is a very pretty conch shell Diana: [ATTACH=full]110474[/ATTACH] Both are supposed to be 14K. May still be more than you want to spend, and may or may not be to your taste, but shows you can probably find something you like at a price closer to what you are prepared to spend. Of these 2, the bacchante is the more appropriately priced; the conch shell piece is still rather high. As a quick way of seeing others you might like, you can run the same search, except substituting Flora, bacchante, Dionysus or Bacchus (latter 2 will overlap) for Diana. There are of course other Dianas listed but unidentified. There are a couple that use 'maenad' without also using 'bacchante'. Did not see any I would recommend for the price, but the more you look, the more you refine what you want & the more chance you have to find it. :writer::turtle::happy:[/QUOTE]
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