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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 13202117, member: 5833&quot;]Are there any indications of a later marriage other than the less than perfect match for size?&nbsp; The impression I have formed over the years is that the jet frames were made in standard sizes, while there is no standard sizing for shell cameos.&nbsp; I have seen many where it looks to me like the edges of the cameo have been shaved down to make it fit the frame, sometimes leaving a disproportionately small field around the figure.&nbsp; I only have one, quite a large, thick, heavy conch shell cameo, in a jet frame that rises &amp; falls with the shape of the shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>It occurs to me that jet &amp; conch shell may have been paired so much not because people like the combo of pink &amp; black but because most conch shell cameos have flat backs &amp; level edges.&nbsp; When jet was used for helmet shell pieces, the fit is often uneasy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first time I bought a cameo in a jet frame I all but accused the English seller of passing off plastic as jet, it was so glossy &amp; light.&nbsp; I got a steal on this one because it was written up as being Celluloid:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]561093[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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