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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4497996, member: 5833&quot;]They have a whole batch of Saulini-esque shell portrait cameos they are trying to insinuate are from the Saulini workshop.&nbsp; I have no reason to believe any piece that is not signed can be honestly attributed to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>If their estimates of value are at all accurate, our collections are way more valuable than I had imagined.&nbsp; However, I think they are wildly aspirational.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a lot of trouble also with this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/woolley-and-wallis/catalogue-id-srwo10319/lot-272efe62-de92-4f75-a50e-aeb400a51d0a?utm_source=auction-alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=auction-alert&amp;utm_content=lot-image-link" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/woolley-and-wallis/catalogue-id-srwo10319/lot-272efe62-de92-4f75-a50e-aeb400a51d0a?utm_source=auction-alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=auction-alert&amp;utm_content=lot-image-link" rel="nofollow">https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/woolley-and-wallis/catalogue-id-srwo10319/lot-272efe62-de92-4f75-a50e-aeb400a51d0a?utm_source=auction-alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=auction-alert&amp;utm_content=lot-image-link</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;In the style of Luigi Michelini&#039;?&nbsp; Another sneaky attempt at an attribution.&nbsp; And then dating to early 19th century? A) Michelini seems to have signed everything he ever made, no matter the material or how crudely cut; B) he does not seem to have produced accomplished hardstone work until around 1840 &amp; later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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