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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 906767, member: 5833&quot;]She&#039;s gorgeous, &amp; what a steal.&nbsp; This figure is usually seen as Ariadne:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD</a></p><p>Hard to tell about the ribbon at the bottom.&nbsp; It does look perfect for engraving, &amp; with the swiveling memento compartment, you could have worn it with the dear departed facing front &amp; some sentiment, initials or dates engraved below.&nbsp; Does it show signs of being a replacement for a decorative piece that matched the other three?&nbsp; Nothing in the compartment, so perhaps no owner has ever wanted to wear it as anything but the cameo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does appear to be signed.&nbsp; I have the best luck photographing signatures with the surface at an angle to the light &amp; find that often the fluorescent that is such terrible light for color fidelity does a better job for illuminating signatures than window light.&nbsp; You can also try the talcum powder trick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish you had taken a &#039;before&#039; photo to show us the Byne&#039;s.&nbsp; It is not uncommon for helmet shell cameos to have some white haziness on the back that is the remnants of the nest white layer &amp; not Byne&#039;s.&nbsp; However, sounds as though the conditions were perfect for its development: helmet shell exposed for a long time in a closed chamber with cardboard on the other side is the perfect recipe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations.&nbsp; Hope we can eventually get a better shot of the signature.&nbsp; When does Mr. kyratango get back?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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