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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2802354, member: 5833&quot;]The maker of the pendant would have bought cameos by the job lot from another firm that produced them.&nbsp; Cameo portraits such as <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" rel="nofollow">these of men</a> could be completed in a day by a highly skilled artisan, so you can imagine how quickly a practiced hand could turn out a little one like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that MOP cameos are seen less frequently than cameos cut from the outer layers of helmet &amp; conch shell, but are comparable to other shell cameos in the value of the material &amp; the difficulty of cutting.&nbsp; The main place you see this type used is in <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/days-of-the-week" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/days-of-the-week" rel="nofollow">Days of the Week bracelets.</a>&nbsp; Cupid in his boat is from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]281034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what more there is to find out about this piece.&nbsp; Work by this company is evidently not rare, given how easily other examples were found.&nbsp; That the top layer of yours is darker than the few others we&#039;ve seen is not a significant difference, ordinary variation in shell color.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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