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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9613298, member: 5833"]Hi, Simona. Good to have you back. Yes, cameo is stone & I think it is probably all one piece, although I can see why Holly would think glue was involved. It's not hard to get a piece of natural layered chalcedony & dye it to these colors. Are you able to catch a fingernail under the edge anyplace the figures meet the ground layer? What looks like excess glue oozing out may instead be a little of the background layer that is left around delicate features such as noses, or tendrils, to help keep them from chipping off. This already looks like it has had the bashing around rings are liable to.</p><p><br /></p><p>When 2 profiles overlap this way it is called a jugate composition. (Think conjugal.) Cameos like this are a standard in men's rings, bearing some anonymous warrior/hero in the foreground & some even more anonymous female behind him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9613298, member: 5833"]Hi, Simona. Good to have you back. Yes, cameo is stone & I think it is probably all one piece, although I can see why Holly would think glue was involved. It's not hard to get a piece of natural layered chalcedony & dye it to these colors. Are you able to catch a fingernail under the edge anyplace the figures meet the ground layer? What looks like excess glue oozing out may instead be a little of the background layer that is left around delicate features such as noses, or tendrils, to help keep them from chipping off. This already looks like it has had the bashing around rings are liable to. When 2 profiles overlap this way it is called a jugate composition. (Think conjugal.) Cameos like this are a standard in men's rings, bearing some anonymous warrior/hero in the foreground & some even more anonymous female behind him.[/QUOTE]
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