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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10297989, member: 79705&quot;]I have a small pile of backlog but I just got this one recently and I have questions! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hadn&#039;t seen a cameo like this before. I wasn&#039;t sure what it was made of so for $16 I decided to have a mystery. It appears to be early plastic that has been carved. It sounds like tapping a vintage blow mold. Is carving early plastic a thing? Is this celluloid? 1 5/8&quot; x 2&quot; (4.13 x 5 cm) and very light at 12 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]516862[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The back has a separate very thin transparent plastic &quot;cover&quot; (think photo insert covers) above the back of the cameo plastic. The cameo backside has many tool marks. The thin plastic has that horizontal machined texture I&#039;ve seen on other early plastics. (Ignore the ring...I put that there.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]516863[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>More tool marks. The whole thing is covered in light to medium scratches over the contours and has carved out areas.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]516864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Close up of the look of the plastic. It&#039;s completely flat with no divots to match these dots.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]516865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely not an ivory, bone or resin (I didn&#039;t think it was when I bought it). If celluloid trying to be ivory I thought it was interesting it wasn&#039;t the slabbed lined stuff. I know celluloid is supposed to smell like camphor but I can&#039;t get it to smell like anything and apparently water can hasten it&#039;s demise so I didn&#039;t really want to do the hot water test. Could it be other light plastic, maybe? Has anyone seen other carved plastic jewelry or cameos?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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