CAMEO CUTTING. 
Some kinds of shells have various colored layers, For example, Cyfraea tigris has a thick pale ground, two 
coats, whitish and purple, under the brown, spotted, smooth outer layer, If these colored layers be well cut, 
the figures stand out clearly, Such cuttings make good ornaments on tables or mantles, This art of cutting 
was first tried in Italy in 1820, It is now popular and flourishing in Genoa, Rome, and Paris, In the neigh- 
bourhood of Naples, a school has been established for training in this art, 
In the illustration, that upon the left is Cass’s Cornuta with the figure of a Japanese singing girl playing on 
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The middle one:— Cyfraea figris with a cutting of “Kiyomizu” temple. 
The one on the right :— CyAraea “gris with “Kinkaku” temple, 
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