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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 448006, member: 5833&quot;]He&#039;s just as good as we hoped - congratulations on an excellent acquisition.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Polishing can make shell, if it is flat enough &amp; color is right, look just like hardstone with a carnelian background layer.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten shell cameo pieces back after jeweller has worked on the mount, only to find that, for safety&#039;s sake, he has coated <i>the back</i> with clear epoxy, but never the front.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think it was always a brooch.&nbsp; What is different now is that the pin assembly has been repaired/replaced.&nbsp; Originally the findings would have been attached to the rim of the frame, so that when the pin stem was swung away, the compartment could swivel.&nbsp; It is that bar across the back that was added to provide a sturdier surface to attach everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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