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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 288918, member: 5833&quot;]Putting in my 2 cents on the cameos.&nbsp; The hardstone cameo in the archeological revival setting is quite a find!&nbsp; Think it is&nbsp; probably not, but you might want to check whether it is a Castellani piece. Certainly style of.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the one photo, the cameo in the ring right below looks like conch shell to me.&nbsp; Perhaps if I could see more of it I would change my mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are quite right that many of the cameos of a figure in the clouds holding a painter&#039;s palette are Raphael.&nbsp; However, the bare-armed figure on this conch shell cameo is clearly meant to be female.&nbsp; She is more of an allegorical figure: painters&#039; inspiration or the personification of painting itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The helmet shell cameo looks surprisingly eroded; common with rings, not so much with brooches.&nbsp; She is a bit scrambled: grape vine in the hair, flowers around the bottom.&nbsp; Going by the mix &#039;n&#039; match imagery &amp; the prong setting, she is probably later than the others[ATTACH=full]93339[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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