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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10045283, member: 5833&quot;]Think they were all forward facing, the way the Rondanini is usually shown.&nbsp; They were not cheap.&nbsp; They were more gorgoneion, like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.butterlaneantiques.com/cdn/shop/products/230222-2416_2000x.jpg?v=1645716066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.butterlaneantiques.com/cdn/shop/products/230222-2416_2000x.jpg?v=1645716066" rel="nofollow">https://www.butterlaneantiques.com/cdn/shop/products/230222-2416_2000x.jpg?v=1645716066</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now you bring it up, I don&#039;t think I have ever seen a conch shell used for a whole scene the way you see Diana chasing Actaeon on helmet shells.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conch shell is such a splendid carving material that I&#039;m surprised we don&#039;t see more of it in general.&nbsp; What there are a bunch of is bacchantes (not mine):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]504339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe conch was being offered for sale as &#039;coral shell&#039; too late to have been available during the height of shell cameo cutting.&nbsp; Just guessing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Uh huh.&nbsp; <i>Who</i> likes to look at them for a little while?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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