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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 8070030, member: 79705&quot;]This Juno (?) cameo was in an inexpensive lot of costume cameos, marked as all gold tone and silver tone. I was instantly drawn to her but wondered if the yellow was grime or someone attempting to paint her.[ATTACH=full]425216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I gave her a first soak and clean and discovered a lot of Byne&#039;s Disease under the yellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425217[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From there she got a distilled soak. I don&#039;t own a typewriter eraser, but I own several other options so I gave one of my white erasers a go and it melted away! I was so impressed! Thanks to the detailed overview on [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] &#039;s website I was able to do a great restore on her.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425218[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]425219[/ATTACH] </p><p>(back before cleaning)</p><p><br /></p><p>She appears to be in the manner of other later cameos I&#039;ve seen with the hair placement, but her carving is so well done. She has little eyelashes!</p><p><br /></p><p>The frame and pin tested as 10k gold. I think the seller assumed otherwise because her clasp and hinge had a later 1900ish update with some truly clumsy soldering work and that probably looked like base metal coming through. Hook instead of bail. No signatures, just scratches. So, Victorian Juno?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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