Cameo with connections has fine local pedigree

Khristi Zimmeth Comments Purchase Image Zoom Denise de Beausset says this cameo depicts her ancestor Sarah Jane Dring. (David Coates/The Detroit News) Denise de Beausset of Grosse Ile can trace her family history to some well-known names in Metro Detroit, including William Macomb and General Alexander Macomb, the namesake of Macomb County. The owner of Westcroft Gardens (www.westcroftgardens.com), the state’s oldest farm still owned by the same family (it was purchased in 1776), de Beausset recently brought in a family piece for appraisal to Judy Frankel Antiques, part of the Antiques Centre of Troy. First a hay farm, Westcroft is now a plant nursery specializing in azaleas and...