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Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 41413, member: 44"]>...marked "Astra" which makes me think Minton Astraware. Wonder if it was made by Minton,... Look what I found about these porcelain rounds, "MINTON HOLLINS "ASTRA" CABOCHON."<a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/52639-minton-hollins-astra-cabochons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/52639-minton-hollins-astra-cabochons" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/52639-minton-hollins-astra-cabochons</a> The above article, in the 1st comment, mentions Ruskin's rounds with a link to a Ruskin's jewelry site/page. On that site it has/says: "Minton and Kensington potteries were other producers of ceramic cabochons whose work is now seldom found."  followed with a pic of a silver mounted green Minton Hollin's round describing it as: "1-3/4" d; Sterling mount;old "C" catch; light crazing; glazed back, faintly impressed ASTRA, from Minton Hollins. Private collection." Scroll down about 1/2 way:<a href="http://www.modernsilver.com/ruskin.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.modernsilver.com/ruskin.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.modernsilver.com/ruskin.htm</a> --- Susan[/QUOTE]