This very nice Sardonyx shell cameo depicts Greek Goddess of Harvest-Demeter. She presided over grains and the fertility of the earth, the sanctity of marriage, the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death. Her Roman name is Ceres. The symbol of Demeter is a stalk of wheat. Demeter (Ceres) is a popular cameo subject of Victorian time. Note the wheat stalk, her hair. She has a unique firm facial impression, showing the power of the mother of earth.
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