Cameos, revisited
I know I did a post about cameos before. What can I say, I love them! Also, the gentleman who sells them at our PX every year made an early visit this year. Typically, he comes to our PX around Mother’s Day. He was here most of this week. I was rather saddened by what he had left to sell.
Three years ago was the first time we bought from him and he had three tables full of great jewlery, most of it cameos. There you could chose between Blue Agate or the Shell cameos. Instantly, I fell in love with the Blue Agate. Here is the cameo Bry bought me then: 
The following year he was down to two tables. Bry bought me two cameos then: 
This year he had one table and this time the remains of the Blue Agate did not impress me. I toyed with the idea the day we saw him about getting a Cameo bracelet and then figured it would probably be too much. Yesterday, we went to the PX again and dropped by his table. I peeked at the price of one of the Blue Agate bracelets and stuck it back where it belonged…$930! It was then that I drifted over to the shell side of the table. There, in silver and mother of pearl, was a bracelet that I just had to have. It turns out The Teacher made it in 1940. This particular piece is considered an antique. This Teacher is in the hospital and has been there for nearly two months now. It is so sad! All the pieces I have, he made. Now he is not doing so well and his factory has no new workers. Here is the beautiful bracelet Bry got me for an Early Mother’s Day present: 
*hugs*
~Jen
