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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 288955, member: 5833&quot;]Has the material become a bit brown in places on the front or is it just grimy?&nbsp; My strongest impression from the front is that it is Vulcanite or similar, meant to look like jet.&nbsp; Sometimes called &#039;French jet.&#039;&nbsp; The back has a more jet-like appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cameo is definitely molded, not carved, so not stone.&nbsp; Surfaces do not look shiny enough for glass.&nbsp; Possible front is artificial material while back is a separate piece of jet.&nbsp; Figure is an Ariadne type:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Other than being black, there is nothing about the piece that would qualify it as mourning jewelry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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