Re: Cameo tiara Empress Josephine HQ pic Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on October 24, 2014, 4:17 am, in reply to "Re: Cameo tiara Empress Josephine HQ pic"
That's incredible that they are so strong. But you could be right about something to disguise a crack in the tiara. I hope someone will know, and let us know. Once again we are discovering quite new things (well, new to me). --Previous Message-- : Hello Nellie, : Memory is a funny thing and so I do not : recollect precisely how thick the shells : were, but they were thinish. Definitely not : a quarter of an inch. Perhaps only half of : that or less. : : I do recollect that the shells of the giant : clams, which were the most popular ornaments : at the bottom of stairs etc, were also very : much under a quarter of an inch thick. : : No doubt there are now website which will : give some indication of the thickness of the : shells which Queenslanders, like myself, all : took for granted years ago. : : My apologies to all - but I am trying to : judge things from my childhood. Apologise : that I cannot give precise estimates - the : shells were only millimeters thick - but the : shells were very hardy/strong. I was one of : those children who used to stand on them to : climb up the railings of stairs!! :
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