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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 410073, member: 5833&quot;]Welcome, antiquity.&nbsp; The necklace appears to be stamped brass; the cameos in it are cut in helmet shell in a style that was popular in the 1920s/30s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m assuming it is the ring that is the &#039;this piece&#039; that is 10K.&nbsp; The cameo has the appearance of &#039;hardstone&#039;, just the term used in the field for any of the chalcedony based stones, such as the banded agate used for many stone cameos.&nbsp; When the background layer is black, it has been dyed to that color, a very common (&amp; ancient) practice.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, well made glass cameos can be found in low karat gold.&nbsp; It would take more &amp; better photos for me to make an informed guess.&nbsp; If I had it in my hand, I would closely examine the line where the figure meets the ground, checking to see if I could catch a fingernail under it, since glass cameos are made from two pieces.&nbsp; See this article for tips on this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?showall=&amp;start=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?showall=&amp;start=2" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?showall=&amp;start=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Looks as though she has suffered the traumatic rhinoplasty so frequently seen on cameo ring stones, both stone and glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameos of this general type - I think of them as noblewomen - seem to have appeared in the late 1800s &amp; are still being cut in the Idar-Oberstein region of Germany, so it is difficult to date the ring based on a single photo of the face.&nbsp; A photo of the shank may get us a bit farther.&nbsp; If it is marked &#039;10K&#039;, think that immediately puts it to 20th century US.&nbsp; Afraid neither necklace nor ring is plausibly placed to the mid-19th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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