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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 5060005, member: 5833&quot;]I have seen this article before.&nbsp; It is so riddled with inaccuracies, I don&#039;t even want to start.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Taking up the guidance on dating, I call it the Nose Rule:&nbsp; the less the nose meets the Grecian ideal of beauty &amp; the more it tends to the cute, ski slope nose, the newer the cameo is likely to be.&nbsp; I take exception to the author&#039;s use of the word &#039;aquiline&#039;, which means eagle-like.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.istockphoto.com/id/509037792/photo/bald-eagle-haliaeetus-leucocephalus.jpg?s=612x612&amp;w=0&amp;k=20&amp;c=Z5DhgV-4-7cuf2-jEZSwmg6YITuCtd0fSjy8PwrnxzI=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman emperors are often described as having such noses, not Greek goddesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not noticed any comparable trend in cheeks.&nbsp; Depth of carving of the contours of the face depends on the skill &amp; care of the cutter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the array of cameos shown as an example of the progression in style, I see only one I feel fairly comfortable placing in the 19th century.&nbsp; You can judge others from these catalogue pages:</p><p><br /></p><p>1915</p><p>[ATTACH=full]414175[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1920</p><p>[ATTACH=full]414176[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1927</p><p>[ATTACH=full]414177[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameos <i>en habille</i> start to appear in the last few years of the 1920s, &amp; in 1930</p><p>[ATTACH=full]414178[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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