Gem
Box Lid (uncertain)
Locket (uncertain)
29-128-2210
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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