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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 12179908, member: 5833"]I rarely see conch cameos that are <i>en habillé</i>. I am not a lover of <i>en habillé</i> cameos in general, as the cameo & the stone are rarely cut to complement one another. You end up with a figure in profile wearing a forward facing rock most of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't steer you to an example of what you are looking for that is for sale, but here are the pix I have of the combo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]552444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]552445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]552446[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You would need quite a large cameo for it not to be overwhelmed by the stone. I can imagine it being employed to good effect in a scene that includes a star, as in many allegories of Hope.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 12179908, member: 5833"]I rarely see conch cameos that are [I]en habillé[/I]. I am not a lover of [I]en habillé[/I] cameos in general, as the cameo & the stone are rarely cut to complement one another. You end up with a figure in profile wearing a forward facing rock most of the time. I can't steer you to an example of what you are looking for that is for sale, but here are the pix I have of the combo: [ATTACH=full]552444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]552445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]552446[/ATTACH] You would need quite a large cameo for it not to be overwhelmed by the stone. I can imagine it being employed to good effect in a scene that includes a star, as in many allegories of Hope.[/QUOTE]
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