Gem
Pin
Object Number:
29-128-2575
Current Location:
Classical World Gallery
Provenience:
Mediterranean
Period:
Neoclassical
Date Made:
1700-1850 AD
Early Date:
1700
Late Date:
1850
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Sardonyx
Gold
Technique:
Cameo
Iconography:
Bacchante
Description:
In several layers. (Gold pin setting) Bust of a Bacchaute right.
Height:
6.9cm
Width:
5.6cm
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville
Other Number:
| 2575 | - | Sommerville Gem Number |
| 519 | - | Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems) |
| 879 | - | Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Worlds Intertwined: Classical World Introduction (14 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 194, Fig. 54, Pl. 107
[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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