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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 287088, member: 5006"]Don't forget people her have only your pics to examine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie90" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie73" alt=":pics:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... YOU have the piece in hands...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>By the way read again Linda Lu's Antiques comment:</p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #000000">"</span><span style="color: #ff4da6">From the pictures, it looks as</span></font> though the metal has worn to a white color in places which would indicate gold plate or gold filled. The cameo appears to be a carved hard stone. Sometimes a cameo is glued to a background, but, <font size="6"><span style="color: #ff4da6">you can tell with a loupe if it's a flat edge attached or carved. Style popular in 19th century, c. 1880.</span><span style="color: #000000">"</span></font></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #000000"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 287088, member: 5006"]Don't forget people her have only your pics to examine :stop::pics:... YOU have the piece in hands...:angelic: By the way read again Linda Lu's Antiques comment: [SIZE=6][COLOR=#000000]"[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff4da6]From the pictures, it looks as[/COLOR][/SIZE] though the metal has worn to a white color in places which would indicate gold plate or gold filled. The cameo appears to be a carved hard stone. Sometimes a cameo is glued to a background, but, [SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff4da6]you can tell with a loupe if it's a flat edge attached or carved. Style popular in 19th century, c. 1880.[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]" :rolleyes:;)[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ff4da6][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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