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    Posted 5 years ago

    Cswartz
    (4 items)

    Looking for info about era, etc about cameo, appears to be Shell. Has double profile. Wondering if they’re sisters? Marked pat 2066969

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    1. cameosleuth cameosleuth, 5 years ago
      Carved in helmet shell. Often given the title 'Sisters' but as far as I know imaginary figures. The fancy word for a composition like this with two overlapping profiles is 'jugate'. I would put it to the 1950s.

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