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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 694533, member: 5833&quot;]Well, I was wrong about &#039;working in England&#039; but right about time period.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main Hercules is some of the best work I have seen by &#039;Silz&#039; (Schmolz).&nbsp; The custom box will make it hugely appealing, &amp; people in the market for high priced cameos will notice the signature, even if seller did not.&nbsp; Just says &#039;yellow metal&#039;, I believe, maybe overlooking note re: 9 ct.&nbsp; And we can all sit here, smug in the knowledge that we are probably the only people in the world - apart from one other I told - who know whose signature it is.&nbsp; Seller may get the &gt; $1,000 asking price.&nbsp; Will have to watch.</p><p><br /></p><p>While part of the story of Hercules is how Hera sent a couple of snakes to kill him when he was a baby, &amp; he strangled them instead, I think these are just a fashion of the time.&nbsp; I don&#039;t assume jewellers knew classical mythology well enough for such allusions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same seller has many cameos I have noticed before, including one of the most ugly:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6p4AAOSwq-1a2G-H/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And one I would love to have if price were as attractive as the cameo:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/x7UAAOSwBeRbcbLU/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one has initials on the back that look like N.G., also not noted in description.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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