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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1236919, member: 5833&quot;]Lovely, &amp; so nice to have Hermione&#039;s personal connection.&nbsp; (And I appreciate having an example of my contention that sometimes names on cameos are those of owner, not engraver.)&nbsp; If they were French, if the gold work is French, think they would be marked.&nbsp; Remember that French marks are extremely tiny, so look well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameos themselves could be French, Italian or German &amp; not uncommon for cameos to be set elsewhere than country of origin.&nbsp; Mount is simple, but can tell it is high quality by the sturdiness of the findings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone got carried away with the hair accessories.&nbsp; She seems to have half an occipite veil, some other little cap, a ribbon that only shows round the back &amp; a gizmo that reminds me of this figure, who is the Samian Sibyl or Queen Zenobia, depending on who did the titling:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215524[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215525[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you have to wear them.&nbsp; I trot this set out for special occasions:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]215526[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]215527[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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