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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 330511, member: 5833&quot;]Irregularities are more often an indicator of natural material.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I should add to comments on how the cameos appear from the edge is that another thing to note is whether there is a sharp demarcation between the color of the figure &amp; the color of the ground.&nbsp; As with many points, this by itself does not always tell you all you need to know &amp; has to be taken in conjunction with other features.&nbsp; What I can just make out about the first one, peeking through the scalloped edge of the mount, is that there is a layer of orange under the white figure that rises above the level of the &#039;table&#039;.&nbsp; A shell cameo will not necessarily have this, it depends on carver skill/preference &amp; thickness of layers available to work with, but artificial cameos never do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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