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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 8254463, member: 5833&quot;]Without wasting my time to go look for it, suspect this notion, along with other incorrect ones, was published in Anna Miller&#039;s Cameos Old &amp; New.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that they occur less often than (viewer&#039;s) right facing ones, but to counter claims of their rarity, I refer people to my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" rel="nofollow">Pinterest board of cameo portraits of gents</a>.&nbsp; If you scroll all the way down, you readily see that &#039;rare&#039;, not even &#039;uncommon&#039; really apply.&nbsp; It has been proposed that left facing cameos are carved by left handed engravers, an idea that may have some merit.&nbsp; The percentage of the population thought to be left handed is 10%, while the occurrence of left facing cameos is definitely more than 1 in 10.&nbsp; This may reflect a greater prevalence of left handedness among gem engravers than in the population on average.&nbsp; However, skilled artisans, such as Tignani &amp; the Saulinis, executed profiles facing either way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never even considered paying a premium for a cameo simply because it was left facing.&nbsp; I have learned over time that the average jeweller today knows next to nothing about cameos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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