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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 345597, member: 5833&quot;]It will not be shell on the back with something else affixed to it.&nbsp; Not that it&#039;s impossible, it just isn&#039;t done.&nbsp; Very occasionally I run into a cameo that has the carving done in shell &amp; then attached to a chalcedony background, &amp; was recently given one I was told was shell on agate but is actually shell on glass done in a very sophisticated way.&nbsp; If you&#039;re going to make a cameo in 2 pieces, you want something sturdier than thin shell for the background.&nbsp; I expect both layers of yours are the same material, whether natural or artificial.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see any differences between the 2 figures that cannot be accounted for by our not seeing them both at precisely the same angle (it&#039;s amazing what a difference angle of viewing can make to how a cameo looks) &amp; the distorting effects of the grime on the other one.&nbsp; The difference in background color is immaterial, like different dye lots.&nbsp; When I compare the rose at the ear &amp; 3 leaves above it, I just see no difference at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]116676[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If this were something I was considering buying, but not sure whether shell or resin, I would ask the seller whether the back is flat or concave &amp; if it would be possible to have a photo taken edge on, showing the line of the bezel &amp; where the figure meets the ground.&nbsp; Without, I would not feel I had enough info to know what I was getting &amp; would pass it by.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have a better view &amp; information about it besides the visual.&nbsp; What is convincing you the back is shell?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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