Gem

29-128-2424

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2424
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Socrates?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Head of a bearded and bald man of Greek type to right. Perhaps intended for Socrates. Probably 19th century.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2424 - Sommerville Gem Number

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