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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 834945, member: 5833&quot;]It was a favorite saying of my mother&#039;s too.&nbsp; Or, as another saying goes, when in Rome, <i>caveat emptor</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from knowing that they did make portraits in wax, the way it has been kept so carefully in that little box also encourages me to think it is more vulnerable to damage than most other materials.&nbsp; A wax casting was one step in the process Tassie &amp; others used to create a cameo portrait in the hard glass paste Tassie called &#039;enamel.&#039;&nbsp; Have to imagine money played a role &amp; that some customers commissioned &amp; paid for only to the wax stage.&nbsp; It would be usual then to mount them in shadow boxes as decor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s it!&nbsp; The Duchess of Etcetera.&nbsp; How could I not see it?&nbsp; Seriously, though, she&#039;s definitely a portrait of a real individual, only question is whether she is the wife of a successful shopkeeper or someone with a title other than Mrs.&nbsp; She has been given that little wreath of flowers the way you might paint Emma Hamilton as a bacchante.</p><p><img src="http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/collections2015/images/4/01/52104/v0_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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