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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 424381, member: 5833&quot;]Hello again, Dana.&nbsp; She is cut in helmet shell &amp; does not depict anyone in particular. although it is quite likely she was influenced by this earlier Czech design, which has a touch of the exotic to it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]148360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Your piece I would put to the 1950s - early 60s.&nbsp; It was probably set as well as cut in Italy, where 800 silver used to be used commonly.&nbsp; I do not see Egyptian marks on the pin stem; are you sure it is not 800, incomplete at the edges because of the cramped space?&nbsp; Egyptian brooches do often have 3 itty bitty marks on the pin stem, but they are in characteristic square cartouches, &amp; I have never seen a modern shell cameo in an Egyptian brooch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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