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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11527079, member: 5833&quot;]I don&#039;t have a photo of a little piece I have, but used to see many like it, &amp; I suspect there&#039;s some connection of time/place/ maker with Mikey&#039;s item.&nbsp; I remember I bought mine from a seller in South America.&nbsp; It was similar to this one, although a different Raphael Madonna, &amp; not such a &#039;piano key&#039; arrangement of the surround:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mine no longer has any kind of label, but the one above:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The back of mine has a panel covered in a brocade cloth, with a folding brass easel &amp; a suspension loop.&nbsp; A decorator object, but well made.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did show detail of mine on the forum once, as a cautionary tale.&nbsp; The Celluloid has been painted to give the appearance of the natural grain of ivory when it is cut lengthwise:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544340[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what happens when you splash coffee on it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544343[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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