This is a cameo that I found in an antique store in Pt. Jefferson, NY. This is a tourist town on the ferry line on Long Island Sound that joins Long Island with Connecticut. The town is about as cute as you would expect. The cameo is beautifully carved with a lighter color shell on the left and darker on the right. It has crystals set in the filigree silver setting.
This cameo is a long-sought replacement of one that was given to me by my first husband before we were married. Unfortunately, I lost that one in one of the many burglaries I suffered while living in Tucson. (I'm sorry to say that the property crime rate in that city is very high.) The original cameo was a bit fancier: the woman was wearing a cameo herself with a tiny crystal in it. Sigh. But this one is lovely and I choose to imagine that it's the same one.
This brooch needs to be worn at the neck, either pinned to the top of the neckline or on a ribbon tied around the neck, in a truly old-fashioned style. I used to wear it that way but now don't have the courage. Here it is on a silk shirt (also very old, from Harold's. I have a lot of clothes from Harold's and was distraught when it closed. Now that Talbot's is also gone I don't know how I'm going to dress myself.)
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