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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 508699, member: 5833&quot;]We can add up the visual clues &amp; be quite confident.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had that thought too, so compared it to some Incolay examples.&nbsp; Original Incolay tends to have the colors mixed in as broader swirls, not tiny ripples or speckles, but there is a definite resemblance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165534[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did not realize from the photo that it&#039;s that big, but could see it was at least 2 inches tall. A major clue is how flat it is.&nbsp; Large sections of shell are never so flat.&nbsp; Actual size is huge, so probably was meant to be inset into a box lid, or even to be the entire lid itself.&nbsp; Other clues are those parallel scratches on the back from grinding &amp; the thinness of the top layer.&nbsp; A give away is here, where a bubble popped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165538[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Young man, surely.&nbsp; Joan of Arc is the only female figure who might have been shown at all like this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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