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Re: cameo, question
« Reply #30 on: March 20, 2013, 04:18:06 am »
If those are grapes on her head, could be one of the Bacchante girls. ;)

I saw at least a few grapes and leaves on enlargement !!

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« Reply #31 on: March 20, 2013, 04:36:38 am »
If those are grapes on her head, could be one of the Bacchante girls. ;)

I saw at least a few grapes and leaves on enlargement !!
and their the seedless variety.... ;D
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« Reply #32 on: March 20, 2013, 05:54:31 am »
Wouldn`t look good spitting seeds would she ??? :D

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« Reply #33 on: March 20, 2013, 07:05:07 am »
In looking closer at the cameo in question...that "graining" on the back looks more like tool marks to me.  ???

Check the following page about 1/2+ way down (below the ring).
There is a left-facing "Gold mounted Victorian Bacchante Wine
Goddess Mount Vesuvius volcanic lava antique cameo brooch"
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http://www.victoriana.com/Jewelry/cameojewelry.htm

(Question: Were left-facing cameos done by left-handed carvers?)

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« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2013, 07:10:44 am »
Look behind the tool marks Rauville !!  The tool marks go in different directions the grain is only lengthwise !!  What do you think ??

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« Reply #35 on: March 20, 2013, 07:18:14 am »
Look behind the tool marks Rauville !!  The tool marks go in different directions the grain is only lengthwise !!  What do you think ??
maybe he should try these,..good for looking behind things...all the rage in 1950,s  ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #36 on: March 20, 2013, 07:25:02 am »
...And a band name in the late 70s.
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« Reply #37 on: March 20, 2013, 07:39:09 am »
Also, I'm not saying it can't be lava, but lava is typically clay or brown colored,  not yellow.
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« Reply #38 on: March 20, 2013, 07:50:53 am »
...And a band name in the late 70s.
Not my cup of Tea...... ;D
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« Reply #39 on: March 20, 2013, 07:58:46 am »
You mean to say that you weren't a "germ free adolescent? "

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« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2013, 07:59:31 am »
 ;D  Never heard of it !!!

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« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2013, 08:00:05 am »
You mean to say that you weren't a "germ free adolescent? "

"Oh bondage up yours!"  ;D ;D ;D
oops,forgot to add...I was more of a Transylvanian Transvestite,...than a germ free adolescant....mind you having said that...did have the screaming ab dabs..a couple of times..with awakening in strange beds.....but nothing that the nurse at the clinic could,nt get rid of ;D
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« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2013, 08:02:11 am »
Yeeeeesssss??? ;D
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« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2013, 08:08:06 am »
Yeeeeesssss??? ;D
Neu!!....brilliant...... .
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« Reply #44 on: March 20, 2013, 08:12:05 am »
;D  Never heard of it !!!
that,s where you sheltered upbringing lets you down.... ;D...nowt like a good bit of weed..and some Amon Duul!!....Focus!,...Tangerine Dream....and the Scorpions.... ;D
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