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29-128-2149

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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