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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 381741, member: 5833&quot;]Since I do nearly all my cameo shopping on line, relying on photos &amp; sellers&#039; descriptions alone, I shy away from buying, even when affordable, cameos that are represented as being cut in a precious or semi-precious stone.&nbsp; Even with such a piece in hand, &amp; without benefit of any kind of testing device, I cannot always tell stone from glass.&nbsp; I wrote about it in the last section of this page on <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?showall=&amp;start=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?showall=&amp;start=2" rel="nofollow">hardstone cameos</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>OK, you didn&#039;t do it with aluminum foil.&nbsp; What did you use to fill?&nbsp; It sounds perverse, but I &#039;like&#039; the damage on the ring: the fracture is more consistent with stone than with glass.&nbsp; Sometimes the appearance of cracks or chips can be the best visual clue to the nature of a material.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe not exactly, but pieces like this still fall into the realm of engraved gems, &amp; those of us who love cameos love these too.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to say, she is &#039;mine&#039; only in that she is in a post of mine, snagged from the Internet.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t try to run it down to its source.&nbsp; Probably a museum piece disseminated via Pinterest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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