Object Number | 29-128-122 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | French (uncertain) |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | France (uncertain) |
Creator | Belham |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Aspasia | Pericles | Inscription | Signature |
Description | Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Aspasia and Pericles. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G. Vermeule: Pale Sardonyx. Cameo (Unmounted). Jugate busts of Pericles and Aspasia facing to right. Signed on base Beltham fecit. The names of the subject are cut above the heads in French. Neo-Classic, probably French work. |
Length | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 122 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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