Gem

Box Lid (uncertain)

Locket (uncertain)

29-128-2210

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2210
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Alexander the Great? | Apollo?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold box top or locket?) Bust of Alexander the Great or Apollo, facing to right. Design copied from some ancient bust, cameo or coin. 18th century.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2210 - Sommerville Gem Number

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