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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 458255, member: 5833&quot;]I agree with the general consensus about the age of the cameo &amp; would put it to the first third of the 20th century.&nbsp; The other brooch looks somewhat earlier to me, based on hinge type.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I like is that both pieces feature a crescent moon.</p><p><br /></p><p>By men&#039;s cameo brooches, do you mean cameos featuring a male subject?&nbsp; Or cameos set in a way that would make them suitable for wear by a man?&nbsp; The former are not especially rare, particularly if you include both portraits of actual people and more imaginative work.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The latter are not so common &amp; of course it partly depends on what your consider suitable for a man.&nbsp; There are cameo cuff links and tie bars.&nbsp; Dante&#039;s Museum Masterpiece line used Incolay cameos taken from impressions of actual engraved gems.&nbsp; One cameo in my collection (also on the Pinterest board) is this guy, who looks like a noble Roman until you notice the fringed epaulets under his classical drapery.&nbsp; When some of the surrounding shell broke away, someone left the jagged shape and had it custom set in a heavy silver, industrial grade mount:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]158216[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>He is definitely masculine attire, despite being set to wear as a pin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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