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“Nobody knows when or where cameos first originated, but we went to the old Italian town of Torre del Greco, to find out how they are made - “ Panning shot of the town's rooftops. Interior of a workroom where cameos are being made. The workers all wear visors. “Years of training are needed to make good Cameo bases. The commoner ones are made from sea shells - “ C/U of baskets full of large shells. Man's hands are seen as he examines one of the shells. “A disc, cut from the shell, is cemented on to a temporary holder - “ C/U of man at work making the base of a cameo. “Only a Cameo cutter knows how hard a sea-shell really is - “ C/U of man with small hand tool working on the cameo. He is marking out the design. He has a piece of paper showing the design in front of him. The man chips away at the cameo with a small tool. “Before the Three Grace's can grace some other Grace, the flat portion has to be coloured and polished - “ C/U of the colour being applied. A hard brush is then used to
