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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4545735, member: 5833&quot;]<a href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/bamfords/catalogue-id-bamfor10807/lot-2f9776f0-6413-4770-9853-af0300e15e84?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/bamfords/catalogue-id-bamfor10807/lot-2f9776f0-6413-4770-9853-af0300e15e84?utm_source=auction-alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=auction-alert&amp;utm_content=lot-image-link" rel="nofollow">This auction house listing</a> reminded me of another artificial cameo it is good to be able to recognize.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2022/bamfor10807/images/2ca28a12-a62c-4830-8aa0-af0300e7c432.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although it seems I used to see her regularly, frequently described as lava, or lava glass, it has been quite some time since I saw her last.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are assembled pieces, with the molded figure affixed to a background of like or different material.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402786[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an unusual one with the edges of the background layer faceted (and one of the lady&#039;s shoulders broken off):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402787[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mounted on glass meant to have an agate look:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402788[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have never had one of these in hand, so have not been able to judge for myself, but, when they are not mistaken for lava, they evidently, going by sellers&#039; descriptions, feel like glass.&nbsp; The way they craze is not like glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402789[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402790[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike the &#039;Danbiere&#039; cameos, which are seen repeatedly in the same silver mounts, this lady appears in all kinds of brass settings, the findings indicating they are quite early 20th century, or even somewhat older.</p><p><br /></p><p>I surmise these are some very early polymer (aka resin), perhaps attempting to compete with Celluloid &amp; its relatives, and that, like Headband Girl, they were sold as components to jewellery manufacturers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here was an attempt to make faux malachite:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402791[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402792[/ATTACH]</p><p>The conchoidal nature of the chip may indicate glass, or that the polymer is glass-like and can also fracture this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>For good measure, this lady also gets mistaken for lava or lava glass:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402793[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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