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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 6336851, member: 5833"]If the lady were draped solely in grape vine, she would be a bacchante (maenad), one of the female followers of the wine god Bacchus (Dionysus). However, since she is also crowned with flowers & leaves, she is more Abundance, or the goddess <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter" rel="nofollow">Ceres</a> (Demeter).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>She is molded, not carved. If the chipped spots had shown a different color underneath, I would have said porcelain. As is, appears to be glass. Suspect she is related to this Czech piece:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]418938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]418939[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No. Mass produced cameo in brass mount, 20th century, chipped. Much more valuable as a family keepsake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 6336851, member: 5833"]If the lady were draped solely in grape vine, she would be a bacchante (maenad), one of the female followers of the wine god Bacchus (Dionysus). However, since she is also crowned with flowers & leaves, she is more Abundance, or the goddess [URL='https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter']Ceres[/URL] (Demeter). She is molded, not carved. If the chipped spots had shown a different color underneath, I would have said porcelain. As is, appears to be glass. Suspect she is related to this Czech piece: [ATTACH=full]418938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]418939[/ATTACH] No. Mass produced cameo in brass mount, 20th century, chipped. Much more valuable as a family keepsake.[/QUOTE]
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