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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12650509, member: 5833&quot;]The way the cameo is set is consistent with brooches dating to the earlier half of the 19th century.&nbsp; I think the subject is derived from the head of the Trojan priest Laocoön from the famous sculpture, seen from a different side than the one in this photo (&amp; with considerably less hair):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555982[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is difficult to ascertain the material from a photo.&nbsp; It looks to me like it is conch shell, which can be all white like this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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