cameo brooch / Winifred Carney / Grace Gifford

Brooch presented to Winifred Carney from Grace Gilford. Cameo brooch in gold frame, engraved on back 'To Winifred Carney from Grace Plunkett in Memory of April 29th, 1916'. Elliptical convex plate, 2" by 13/5", of shell or similar substance, white, opaque with head of female, hair wreathed in flowers and foliage, carved on it in relief; hair, wreath and garment at shoulders coloured buff; the plate mounted in elliptical gold frame, made by Hopkins & Hopkins, Dublin. The frame is a plain band of gold to which a twisted strip of gold is applied. Pin for attachment and guard cord through loop in top back.;