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THANK YOU!

That's a beauty.

Until you posted the broken man shell in silver, the one I bought is the first I'd ever seen. It's probably the reason I won.

 

I'm quite fond of this lady, who has been patched with gold at the sides. One also sees shell cameos that have had all of the brown background broken away & the remaining figure set in a minimal mount with wire spokes that wrap around from the back & hold the cameo with what look like prongs from the front.

This rescue astounds me. The background has been broken away and the cameo glued onto glass that conforms precisely to the curvature.

 

The lady is gorgeous. I have seen many unmounted cameos where it's just the carving. But, I thought that's just the way they were made. The guy that makes mine does them in odd shapes. He's working on one now. I hope he has it done soon, there's a whole other process it has to go through after he's done, and that's going to take time.