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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 3038505, member: 5833&quot;]That&#039;s a big sweep of stylistic time: Georgian; Regency; Victorian; Edwardian; stylistic periods archeological revival, arts &amp; crafts, art nouveau; Egyptian Revival; art deco, to name some of the major ones.&nbsp; You&#039;ve opened yourself to a vast jewellery universe.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How a piece was made, techniques used &amp; findings: hinges, clasps, pin stems.&nbsp; I rely on these in determining whether a cameo is from the Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian period, in conjunction with material, condition, sometimes type of piece, such as very explicit mourning items.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might want to get some basic books just so you can train your eye &amp; instincts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure which auctions komo was pointing out, but if he means ones run by auction houses, yes, there are lots of them.&nbsp; You&#039;ll end up paying twice the hammer price when the dust settles &amp; have virtually no protections as the buyer, <i>caveat emptor</i>.&nbsp; But you can certainly browse them for educational purposes, of course, aware that info given is not always accurate.&nbsp; Look &amp; look &amp; look.&nbsp; I have a lot of cameos, but have looked at thousands.&nbsp; EBay can be highly educational.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with buy the (reasonably priced) mysteries.&nbsp; Some of my best buys have been things I knew were strange/incongruous, such as a Roman glass intaglio in a 1930s Egyptian ring &amp; another in a Georgian fob seal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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