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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2058765, member: 5833"]Hello, AbbyRose. What a lovely thing to have handed down to you, all the more special for the family connection. As usual, AJ is spot on, this is the Archangel St. Gabriel, the Annunciation Angel, letting the Virgin Mary know she is in for a big surprise. After Raphael. Having the original box is an added bonus. Helmet shell, c. 1870.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shell cameos are only occasionally signed, but sometimes are. When the background layer is as thin as this, any signature is necessarily incised very, very shallowly. Just to be sure, try tilting it at various angles to the light. I have pieces on which the signature is visible only when the cameo is positioned just so.</p><p><br /></p><p>The winged figure on the cameo Scouts shared is Aurora/Eos, goddess of the Dawn. Another lovely piece I wouldn't mind someone's leaving me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2058765, member: 5833"]Hello, AbbyRose. What a lovely thing to have handed down to you, all the more special for the family connection. As usual, AJ is spot on, this is the Archangel St. Gabriel, the Annunciation Angel, letting the Virgin Mary know she is in for a big surprise. After Raphael. Having the original box is an added bonus. Helmet shell, c. 1870. Shell cameos are only occasionally signed, but sometimes are. When the background layer is as thin as this, any signature is necessarily incised very, very shallowly. Just to be sure, try tilting it at various angles to the light. I have pieces on which the signature is visible only when the cameo is positioned just so. The winged figure on the cameo Scouts shared is Aurora/Eos, goddess of the Dawn. Another lovely piece I wouldn't mind someone's leaving me. :)[/QUOTE]
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