Gem

29-128-2252

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2252
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Venus
Description

Vermeule: Dark Chalcedony. Cameo. In form of shell on which the head of a woman, probably Venus, appears. Neo-Classic.

Height 10.2 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2252 - Sommerville Gem Number

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