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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10325904, member: 79705&quot;]Here&#039;s the cameo version of him that I have. It&#039;s from around the 1860s, likely after a medallion image.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]519143[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The guy who sold it to me cheaply said &quot;It&#039;s a Pope. That&#039;s all I know.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pius IX was actually a patron of cameo carvers (and other arts) and paid to send pieces done by master carver Tommaso Saulini to the Great Exposition. There Queen Victoria saw his work and commissioned cameos for her badges for <a href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/53574/cameo-for-a-badge-of-the-order-of-victoria-and-albert" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/53574/cameo-for-a-badge-of-the-order-of-victoria-and-albert" rel="nofollow">The Order of Victoria and Albert</a>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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