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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4116392, member: 5833&quot;]The original of this Achilles was by an engraver named Grew.&nbsp; This is a plaster impression of that gem:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]330668[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have one in my collection that is also not the highest example of the art, but it is signed by Luigi Michelini, a known engraver from the first half of the nineteenth century.&nbsp; He seems to have signed everything he ever did.&nbsp; He eventually became quite accomplished &amp; began to work in hardstone.&nbsp; Pieces like this one I assume to be earlier work.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]330670[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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