Gem

29-128-629

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-629
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1400-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Vulcan | Forge | Cyclops | Eros
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Vulcan at the Forge, with a Cyclops. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting). Vulcan hammering on his anvil attended by an Eros-like figure who stands for one of the Cyclopes.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 629 - Sommerville Gem Number

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