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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 570624, member: 5833&quot;]This is a sweet piece.&nbsp; The cameo looks like a Wedgwood-type of jasper ware pottery, and the description of it as &#039;paste&#039; would refer to the pâte-sur-pâte technique of decorating porcelain.</p><p><br /></p><p>The design, like so many, is taken from one by Thorvaldsen, Diana loosing the unerring arrow that kills Orion:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A462" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A462" rel="nofollow">https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A462</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fotoarkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/imgs/4a/36/2682/large/A462.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Certain formulations of glass are also referred to as paste, and the turquoise colored cameos may qualify as paste in this sense:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/paste-jewelry" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/art/paste-jewelry" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/art/paste-jewelry</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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