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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 201587, member: 44&quot;]I&#039;m interested in the dating of this cameo. What do y&#039;all think? To me there doesn&#039;t seem to be a definite time frame when considering the style of her nose and body/neck shape. To me her nose is slightly up-turned and not a long aquiline nose like Victorian to early 20th century cameos; however, it isn&#039;t a perky like a later 20th century to today cameo nose. To me her nose looks to date during a transitional time like 1920-1940. To me her neck is on the thicker side (Victorian) and not slender and elongated (1940s to today).</p><p><br /></p><p>Gee, to me dating cameos is a tedious job because there are so many elements to consider like material, the detail of the carving, subject matter (mythology, classic, portrait, scenic), shape of nose (strong roman - early 1800s, long aquiline - Victorian to 1920s-1940, up-turned perky - 1920s to yesterday), style of body (buxom, thicker necks - Victorian to 1st third of 20th century or slender, elongated necks - mid 20th century to today), hair style (short tossed curls, bun, loose floating tendrils, and the repeating /cyclic of hairstyles in later years), adornments (flowers, jewels - cameos habille cameos) and the list goes on and on.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is always the possibility the setting and the cameo are not original to each other and not of the same age. My mother had a few early 1800 cameos set in gold brooches she bought separately. I still have a few of her cameos not in any settings the I hope to posts someday for help in dating.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: After finally posting this reply, I see Fig had posted her opinion of mid 20th century to later. I thought the same because of the up-turned nose but not really perky. Then I thought her neck was a bit thick for late 20th century. The detail just doesn&#039;t look fine enough to be Victorian. I just don&#039;t know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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