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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9733631, member: 5833&quot;]Kyra has already explained the marriage.&nbsp; The cameo is hand cut helmet shell.&nbsp; There is no generally accepted term for cameos like this one, but I think of them as fantasy village scenes.&nbsp; Have never seen any 2 alike.&nbsp; They seem to be the carver&#039;s own composition, using certain stock elements: gnarled trees; old or ruined buildings; a stream; a bridge; a woman or 2; geese; a goat; a few others.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Could have been that the glass on the brooch was broken.&nbsp; Fortuitously, someone found this cameo, with its sense of yearning, that could be fit into the opening &amp; held down with the original frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the convex backs, I suppose it could be a way of disguising &amp; smoothing out what would otherwise be a back surface far from flat.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a true bail; someone has added a large jump ring to what was originally an anchor for a safety chain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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