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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 645587, member: 5833"]I don't know to what extent it was actually taken up, but after J.B. Marsh published 'The Art of Shell Cameo Cutting' (available as a reprint & <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMQ2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=pvvZqr5YJk&sig=ACfU3U3WBLIDW9DSQKY8t441kodwHXKnUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz_tSNl9XiAhVQVd8KHSRbCHg4ChDoATABegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=j%20b%20marsh%20cameo%20cutting&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMQ2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=pvvZqr5YJk&sig=ACfU3U3WBLIDW9DSQKY8t441kodwHXKnUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz_tSNl9XiAhVQVd8KHSRbCHg4ChDoATABegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=j%20b%20marsh%20cameo%20cutting&f=false" rel="nofollow">partially on line</a>) the idea of this being a suitable activity for gentle young ladies who already had some skill at drawing seems to have been widely discussed. E.g.:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pF5EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=gcqPhUh41H&sig=ACfU3U2qNWqukRuNzB6tDZsU9nJXrPl7dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF8qPBk9XiAhVIrlkKHUVVCksQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=j%20b%20marsh%20cameo%20cutting&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pF5EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=gcqPhUh41H&sig=ACfU3U2qNWqukRuNzB6tDZsU9nJXrPl7dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF8qPBk9XiAhVIrlkKHUVVCksQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=j%20b%20marsh%20cameo%20cutting&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=pF5EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=gcqPhUh41H&sig=ACfU3U2qNWqukRuNzB6tDZsU9nJXrPl7dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF8qPBk9XiAhVIrlkKHUVVCksQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=j b marsh cameo cutting&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(Didn't we have something about the Parisian Diamond Company in a recent thread? Scroll down to pg 115 for one of their ads.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Marsh delivered a paper on the subject to the <font size="4">Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, where there was concern that the art of gem engraving was being lost in Britain. An academy for teaching it was proposed, & James Ronca was approached about heading it. However, the project seems to have been scuttled when Ronca was asked if he foresaw a future in which graduates could find employment & he told them no.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>While 'scoopers' makes more sense, I have also seen it as 'scorpers'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 645587, member: 5833"]I don't know to what extent it was actually taken up, but after J.B. Marsh published 'The Art of Shell Cameo Cutting' (available as a reprint & [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMQ2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=pvvZqr5YJk&sig=ACfU3U3WBLIDW9DSQKY8t441kodwHXKnUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz_tSNl9XiAhVQVd8KHSRbCHg4ChDoATABegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=j%20b%20marsh%20cameo%20cutting&f=false']partially on line[/URL]) the idea of this being a suitable activity for gentle young ladies who already had some skill at drawing seems to have been widely discussed. E.g.: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=pF5EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=j+b+marsh+cameo+cutting&source=bl&ots=gcqPhUh41H&sig=ACfU3U2qNWqukRuNzB6tDZsU9nJXrPl7dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF8qPBk9XiAhVIrlkKHUVVCksQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=j%20b%20marsh%20cameo%20cutting&f=false[/URL] (Didn't we have something about the Parisian Diamond Company in a recent thread? Scroll down to pg 115 for one of their ads.) Marsh delivered a paper on the subject to the [SIZE=4]Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, where there was concern that the art of gem engraving was being lost in Britain. An academy for teaching it was proposed, & James Ronca was approached about heading it. However, the project seems to have been scuttled when Ronca was asked if he foresaw a future in which graduates could find employment & he told them no.[/SIZE] While 'scoopers' makes more sense, I have also seen it as 'scorpers'.[/QUOTE]
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