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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 3994998, member: 5833&quot;]Excellent piece.&nbsp; As you already know, she is the goddess <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter" rel="nofollow">Ceres/Demeter</a> with some of her attributes: grain; flowers; a sickle (with an unrealistically long handle); and, fancifully, a rake.</p><p><br /></p><p>As AJ said, the material is helmet shell, probably <i>Cassis rufa</i>.&nbsp; The irregularities on the back are natural &amp; nothing to be concerned about.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard to articulate the reasons, but the cameo strikes me as French, even if the marks on the mount are Italian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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