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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 13107697, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;m still pondering the age question.&nbsp; 1850 could be about right, I think, although not much before that.&nbsp; I did some rambling around in my photo files to try to get a handle on when conch shell cameos began to appear, and also to get some sense when this style of mount was popular.</p><p><br /></p><p>The jump ring that serves as a bail has been put through what was originally the attachment point for a guard chain.&nbsp; It looks to me like some attempt was made at prying the cameo out of the bezel.&nbsp; Is there a plate in front of the hinge that exerts upward pressure on the pin stem, so that when it is in the catch it stays there?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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