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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 510519, member: 5833"]Without a better look at them, it's difficult to be completely sure, but I think they really are stone, or possibly glass, but not resin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165942[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For starters, artificial cameos made in a mold are not generally so <i><b>bad</b></i>. These are an ugly figure, crudely cut. There's no point in mass producing cameos that look like this. Also, although all three follow the same template, no two are identical, as you would expect the two at the sides to be. I only raise glass as a possibility because of the look of the chips I think I'm seeing. But, as shown, they are not inconsistent with modern hardstone.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion, it would be a far better, more valuable piece if the cameos were any of the gorgeous French glass ones. These, even if hand cut stone, are worthless in my eyes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 510519, member: 5833"]Without a better look at them, it's difficult to be completely sure, but I think they really are stone, or possibly glass, but not resin: [ATTACH=full]165942[/ATTACH] For starters, artificial cameos made in a mold are not generally so [I][B]bad[/B][/I]. These are an ugly figure, crudely cut. There's no point in mass producing cameos that look like this. Also, although all three follow the same template, no two are identical, as you would expect the two at the sides to be. I only raise glass as a possibility because of the look of the chips I think I'm seeing. But, as shown, they are not inconsistent with modern hardstone. In my opinion, it would be a far better, more valuable piece if the cameos were any of the gorgeous French glass ones. These, even if hand cut stone, are worthless in my eyes.[/QUOTE]
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