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Vintage Napier - Cameo Carved Straight Pin
Vintage Napier - Cameo Carved Straight Pin
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Collection: Vintage Collection / Vintage Napier - Cameo Carved Straight Pin / Height: 2.25 inches / Width: 0.75 inches / Weight: 3 grams / Shells have been used for almost a 1000 years in the cameo business. This was most likely because cameos carved from shell were considered more informal than the cameos which were carved from gemstone material and women could wear them everyday! The tradition began in the fifteenth or sixteenth century and was popularized by Queen Victoria of England. [1837-1901]. (Catherine the Great of Russia also had a large collection). Cameos carved from shell are still the most popular type of cameo sold today.
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Vintage Napier - Cameo Carved Straight Pin

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