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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10433650, member: 79705&quot;]The spots look like drops to me...maybe dye used from when they color them, or ink?</p><p><br /></p><p>It would not surprise me if some lava cameos are molded, sculpted, and/or carved.</p><p><br /></p><p>The way some look to me I have thought them more like a clay. Maybe using ground limestone to make a paste. In which case you could start with a mold, but also sculpt, and then add carving details to both.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grains you point out remind me of the Tassie-style glass cameos, but those backs are different so I do not think these with tool marks or the same. Here&#039;s one I have that is clearly trying to look like a lava cameo, but is a Tassie-style glass composition. Note the grains:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]525012[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The back of it is a overall grainy texture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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