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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4371052, member: 5833&quot;]I don&#039;t.&nbsp; It&#039;s the sculpture that is neo-classical.&nbsp; I was responding to:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It has been my observation that cameo cutters are not at the forefront of design &amp; fashion trends.&nbsp; Here is a catalogue page from 1920:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365428[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one from 1930 has a single lady with bobbed hair, the small cameo near the center:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365430[/ATTACH]</p><p>Wish I had more examples from the 30s.&nbsp; Here is 1941:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365431[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The maker of Simona&#039;s cameo was not a Neapolitan working in shell, so perhaps more in touch with fashions of the day, particularly if I am correct about the cameo&#039;s being French.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think the hinge is a replacement.&nbsp; Look at how the pin stem has to bend upward to reach it.&nbsp; Originally the pin stem must have extended a little past the edge of the mount.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll take late 19th off the table.&nbsp; Still think 1925, maybe 1928, is the <i>terminus ante quem</i> &amp; that it would be an extremely avant garde cameo cutter to be working in the Deco style at that time. But...?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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