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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