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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 352538, member: 5833&quot;]Thank you for that endorsement.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It also looks like helmet shell to me &amp; Marie asked the right question about curvature.&nbsp; As long as the concavity of the back goes edge to edge &amp; is not a depression in the center with a flat edge around it, shell it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you know your mother was ever in Italy &amp; prone to bringing home souvenirs, it is more likely she bought the piece in the US as it is now.&nbsp; The cameo itself was probably imported from Italy, purchased as part of a lot of similar ones, then turned into jewellery here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameos did have a revival late 50s-early 60s.&nbsp; Can&#039;t say whether cutter intended this as a true portrait of Jackie, but idea of how a pretty woman looked was clearly influenced by her.&nbsp; I have seen cameos of Princess Diana, so...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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