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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 9957071, member: 17332&quot;]I have found 3 cameos that I think that the group will find interesting. They just arrived this morning. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first one I found on eBay. It is 3.5 cm x 4 cm. It is signed &quot;Fries 1974&quot;. I believe this could be Alfred Fries, one of the founding members of the Vereiningung Selbstandiger Edelsteingraveure e.V. But, I am not sure, as probably other family members carved cameos. I tried searching online, but came up with nothing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499956[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499957[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second and third cameos I purchased through an auction house.. I thought they were very small, based on the auction pictures, so I was surprised to find that they are large. They both are 5 cm × 4 cm. There were identified as coming from Idar-Oberstein by the auction house, which did not provide any provenance. The reclining lady cameo has a partial sticker on the back, but I don&#039;t know who Pauline is. I have not come across that name in my research. </p><p>The detail on both is quite good.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499958[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]499959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]499960[/ATTACH] All three cameos are quite thin, which is often a hallmark of agate cameos originating in Idar-Oberstein (I-O) region. I also found out that the edges of the I-O cameos are usually polished.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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