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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 704507, member: 5833&quot;]Is what we see what Catawiki&#039;s got?&nbsp; Would want to see a better close up of the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dripstone cameos are sold as souvenirs of 2 types of places: calcareous hot springs &amp; limestone caves/grottoes.&nbsp; The hot springs are frank about how their pieces are made.&nbsp; The caves seem to like to give the implausible impression that they place the mold beneath the tip of a dripping stalactite until it is full.&nbsp; This is clearly incorrect, but whether the process is in some way different from that used by the springs, I do not know.&nbsp; There are a few different ways the backs look.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]187381[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]187382[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cameotimes.com/images/Materials/Dripstone/Dripstone3Font.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://cameotimes.com/images/Materials/Dripstone/Dripstone3Back.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]187383[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]187384[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I rarely see these with any associated info on where they were made, so don&#039;t know if the differences are diagnostic of origin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since they are rarely correctly identified, good luck with this.&nbsp; You&#039;re likely to wind up back at Cameo Times.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not really, since the slurry wouldn&#039;t ever be very viscous.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure we are seeing any bubbles on BarnBeatrice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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