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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1924321, member: 5833&quot;]Welcome, Chanelle.&nbsp; The putative expert cannot tell you much more than AJ has told you already.&nbsp; The cameo is cut in helmet shell.&nbsp; I&#039;m having difficulty making out details on the figure, but think she might be Ceres?</p><p><br /></p><p><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">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While the way the pin stem is attached to the hinge &amp; the simple C clasp suggest a Victorian era origin, the acid etched G moves it into the 20th century, although I would say early 20th based on the way the cameo has been set in a custom made bezel that follows the shape of the shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the mount is silver in color, it probably is silver, even though unmarked.&nbsp; Chances are it is 800 silver, a lesser fineness than sterling, which is 925.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the signature, &#039;G&#039; is not enough to even make a guess on the identity.&nbsp; Now &amp; then I see pieces with only a G on the back, every one probably a different carver.&nbsp; Many Italian men&#039;s names start with G.&nbsp; When a whole name is acid etched it is almost always illegible.&nbsp; Use of this method for signing seems to have been an early 20th practice.&nbsp; Contemporary cameists now sometimes cut their names quite prominently on the front.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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