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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9794527, member: 5833&quot;]There are so many variants &amp; the image is so popular, this is one of the first subjects I put up:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/anchor-of-hope" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/anchor-of-hope" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/anchor-of-hope</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Royal Academy estimates the time the Roscoe monument was made as 1840, so the cameo is not from 1825.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/hope-monument-to-edward-and-margaret-roscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/hope-monument-to-edward-and-margaret-roscoe" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/hope-monument-to-edward-and-margaret-roscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See also, &amp; note the paragraph concerning when the design was published, which is how the world of cameo engravers would have become acquainted with a relief in Liverpool:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/study-of-an-angel-for-the-monument-to-edward-and-margaret-roscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/study-of-an-angel-for-the-monument-to-edward-and-margaret-roscoe" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/study-of-an-angel-for-the-monument-to-edward-and-margaret-roscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p>How was the metal assayed?&nbsp; In my experience this tubular construction is usually brass, sometimes gilt.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a finely executed rendering of a really appealing subject.&nbsp; If the sticker price is heavily based on the metal fineness, I would want more assurance on this point.&nbsp; The question of whether you want it to add to your collection or for resale is key.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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