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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 889822, member: 5833"]Nice piece. As evelyb30 said, Athena/Minerva, helmet shell. Cameo would have been cut in Italy; probably set elsewhere, US or UK. Judging by both the exuberance of the depiction & design of the findings, a mid-20th century piece. The basic image is the ever popular Athena wearing scaled armor & a satyr-faced helmet. However, this artisan added a lion gnawing on the pate of the satyr & then gave the beast a flowing tail more like the horse tail crest sometimes attached to her helmet.</p><p><br /></p><p>While looking for something comparable in my photo files, found this case of not knowing when to stop:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]199538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 889822, member: 5833"]Nice piece. As evelyb30 said, Athena/Minerva, helmet shell. Cameo would have been cut in Italy; probably set elsewhere, US or UK. Judging by both the exuberance of the depiction & design of the findings, a mid-20th century piece. The basic image is the ever popular Athena wearing scaled armor & a satyr-faced helmet. However, this artisan added a lion gnawing on the pate of the satyr & then gave the beast a flowing tail more like the horse tail crest sometimes attached to her helmet. While looking for something comparable in my photo files, found this case of not knowing when to stop: [ATTACH=full]199538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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