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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10340275, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;m not sure I know what you&#039;re asking, so forgive me if this does not answer it.&nbsp; In an intaglio, the figure/design is engraved down into the material, below the surface.&nbsp; If it is cut in raised relief, even when all one color, it is a cameo.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I took the item under discussion as an intaglio, I suppose in part because that&#039;s what I expect it to be.&nbsp; I have a long history of misreading depth in photos.&nbsp; If the figure is actually raised it should be called a cameo.&nbsp; Either way, the Tassie impressions are the place to look for a match.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should recant a little &amp; say OP&#039;s might well have been a ring stone, although fob seal is at least equally likely.&nbsp; Here is a colorless glass intaglio from my own collection.&nbsp; It is set in a late Georgian era ring.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]520174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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