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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 517417, member: 5833&quot;]I remember seeing this when it was up for auction and it&#039;s a really interesting use of the stone.&nbsp; If I had thought it would have been within my financial reach when the hammer fell &amp; all associated costs were added in, I would have bid on it.&nbsp; Not sure what the findings were like, what clues they gave about age, but 1840 is probably as late as it would be.&nbsp; As the 19th century wore on, hardstone cameos became very homogeneous when it came to use of the color distribution in stones.&nbsp; The Romans &amp; Greeks (not that this is what this cameo is) used banded &amp; parti-colored stones in ways I find more interesting than in most modern work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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