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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 454808, member: 5833&quot;]It certainly will.</p><p><br /></p><p>So everyone will know what we are talking about, I took some desktop photos of several different ways a cameo can be held in its mount.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the classic bezel, contoured to follow the curvature of the shell:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]157187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157189[/ATTACH]</p><p>This hybrid combination of a bezel and prongs is a solution to the problem not seen very often:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]157190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157191[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]157192[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In this case the bezel is more cosmetic than functional.&nbsp; The bezel follows the shape of shell, disguising the gaps that would show otherwise; the prongs are doing the work of holding the cameo in place.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the section of shell is close to being flat - this specimen was flattened a bit more by grinding the edges from the back - it can be held by prongs on a flat frame:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]157193[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157194[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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