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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10398676, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;ll put it in the Show &amp; Tell thread, if I ever get it.&nbsp; The single auction house photo is not the best of the cameo itself, focused more on the setting.&nbsp; It would be considered a blackamoor piece, but not one that&#039;s <i>en habille</i>.&nbsp; It takes advantage of the multiple color layers this as yet unidentified (by me) bivalve mollusc shell affords.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I&#039;m having waking nightmares about its getting snagged in Customs &amp; never getting out.&nbsp; Have only once had anything arrive from overseas, in that case a book, that required payment of duty on delivery.&nbsp; Carrier was USPS &amp; a personal check took care of it.&nbsp; This time the carrier will be DHL, &amp; I have absolutely no idea of what to expect.&nbsp; Internet sources tell me something like this would have been exempt because it is over 100 years old, but no longer.&nbsp; And tariff is assessed on country of manufacture, not where it is being sold from.&nbsp; The auction house does not state in its listing where they think the piece was made.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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