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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10348963, member: 5833&quot;]She&#039;s just lovely, and, as you rightly point out, so sculptural, and so full of life.&nbsp; Conch shell really is an excellent material for cameos of persons, perhaps even better than ivory; it has the depth, but can also have that blush.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonder if it&#039;s possible that, like <a href="http://[URL=&quot;https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-me-understand-what-this-is-and-who-is-depicted.89606/page-2#post-10341860&quot;]Help me understand what this is and who is depicted.[/URL]" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://[URL=&quot;https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-me-understand-what-this-is-and-who-is-depicted.89606/page-2#post-10341860&quot;]Help me understand what this is and who is depicted.[/URL]" rel="nofollow">the Michelini I brought up in another thread</a>, she is based on a real person, but a copy of an earlier gem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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