| Object Number | 29-128-842 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Baroque Period |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Shell |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bearded Man |
| Description | Sommerville: A bearded head. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Shell. Cameo. (Unmounted) Draped bust of an elderly man of the St. Jerome type to right. His head is thrown back and the gaze is directed heavenward. Probably 16th or 17th century with decidedly Baroque flavor. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 842 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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