Gem
Pin
Locket
29-128-2149
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2149 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Medusa |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Filigreed gold pin setting) Box for scent? locket top. Head of Medusa of the Hellenistic "Pathetic" type. |
Height | 3.7 cm |
Width | 3.6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2149 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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