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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 330510, member: 5833&quot;]The first is shell; the second is molded resin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]110491[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]110492[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ponytail Girl can be tricky.&nbsp; She&#039;s the only cameo subject I see endlessly who has been actually carved in shell as well as being made from a mold.&nbsp; In some cases the resin used is so similar in color to shell it can be very difficult to know from only a photo, especially, as you note, if the back is covered.&nbsp; However, in this case, while the figure herself is the right color for shell, the background is not.&nbsp; She is also found as a white figure on colors that cannot be mistaken for shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>The little generic pretty lady, who is probably 1940s-50s, is not only the right color for shell, she is the right shape.&nbsp; When viewed edge on, see how she rises &amp; falls, while Ponytail Girl is so flat.&nbsp; The edges of the background layer are rounded; P.G.&#039;s are straight.&nbsp; (She actually looks more like an agate cameo from the side but is never done in that material.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You would find, if you tested them against your teeth, that the shell cameo would feel, even if ever so faintly, slightly grainy/gritty; the other would feel like what she is, plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide" rel="nofollow">some general tips</a> for what to examine when trying to determine a cameo&#039;s material.&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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