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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 799142, member: 5833&quot;]I have no trouble with the possibility of tagua nut based on color:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53d147cae4b0a866cf0df6e9/1406751658663-OKLUKTIYEE4RMGSNE8RO/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kKbNTdzO89pWiwWA0nDivoF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0p5uBJOnOmCWBN4JfYsIDyTH21btP7J3s010k8WLOnZ3lkX31-vRSIPsIDmiVeT79w/tagua2+copy.jpg?format=750w" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, [USER=7533]@Karen S.[/USER] what is the height?&nbsp; It looks too large for tagua nut: it is roughly the same circumference from top to bottom; it would take a huge nut to carve out a piece like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is more likely to be a Chinese casting taken from a carved piece that had a crack in it.&nbsp; This glass intaglio looks cracked:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191614[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not.&nbsp; The original gem is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191615[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that&#039;s what we&#039;re seeing here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191618[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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