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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 636432, member: 5833&quot;]The cameo is Italian, just not made in the heyday of the fashion, before every Tommaso, Luigi &amp; Filippo was hacking them out in a shed to meet tourist demand.&nbsp; Shell cameos got really good about 1845 - 1885.&nbsp; Quality declined, with some exceptions, around the turn of the century.&nbsp; OP&#039;s cameo dates to a period when there seems to have been a flourishing in Italy again &amp; execution improved.&nbsp; However, the aesthetic had changed &amp; has now, in my opinion, devolved into things like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2bkAAOSwzgBY2Zgy/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They do well with Japanese collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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