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  1. Small relief carving of semiprecious stone,
  2. shell or glass. A pale-coloured surface layer
  3. is carved to reveal a darker ground. Fine
  4. cameos were produced in ancient Greece and
  5. Rome, during the Renaissance, and in the
  6. Victorian era. They were used for decorating
  7. goblets and vases, and as jewellery.
  8.