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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 4341633, member: 30"]I did the same double take, Aquitaine, due to the style of carving! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>It appears to have been carved and cast out of a chunk of wax (lost wax method = cire perdue), the modern appearance of the carving of the hands could easily wind up to look like this. The ring is just tilty enough to make me think it was once an entire chunk. It's not easy to carve out a finished band along with the main design, all from one chunk of wax. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are just not enough pictures of it to really tell a lot about it. </p><p>It's not fashioned as a classic cladaugh friendship ring ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Estaterestate, it may be a student piece, or a souvenir <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 4341633, member: 30"]I did the same double take, Aquitaine, due to the style of carving! :) It appears to have been carved and cast out of a chunk of wax (lost wax method = cire perdue), the modern appearance of the carving of the hands could easily wind up to look like this. The ring is just tilty enough to make me think it was once an entire chunk. It's not easy to carve out a finished band along with the main design, all from one chunk of wax. There are just not enough pictures of it to really tell a lot about it. It's not fashioned as a classic cladaugh friendship ring ... ;) Estaterestate, it may be a student piece, or a souvenir :)[/QUOTE]
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