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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2308611, member: 5833&quot;]LA&#039;GATIERRE&nbsp; My guess is that these are the first attempt at turning this polymer into jewellery.&nbsp; The relief is lower, the lines less crisp, the color unnatural.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258997[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If you were not utterly fooled into thinking the cameos date to 1832, you might still think they were something like a promotional or commemorative item.&nbsp; While there is a town in the Loire called La Gatière, the Internet knows no perfume or perfumerie with this name &amp; politely suggests that perhaps you really meant <i>gatterie</i>, a cake shop.&nbsp; When you scrutinize it more carefully, you realize that apostrophe has no business being there and you might, as I do, think a genuine French spelling would more likely be La Gattière.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that the settings are sterling silver, or at least are marked as such, also leads people to assume the cameo is &#039;genuine&#039;, whatever that means to the individual.</p><p><br /></p><p>This cameo also came in this setting.&nbsp; We will be seeing it again.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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