Gem
Bracelet Fragment
29-128-2176
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2176 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1899 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Agate (uncertain) | Sardonyx (uncertain) | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Hera? | Inscription |
Description | Vermeule: Agate (Sardonyx) Cameo. (Modern Gold Bracelet Setting) Diademed head of Hera (?) to left, a composition copied from Greek 4th century B.C. coins. Lettered: NSE. Late 18th or 19th century. From same set as 2164. |
Height | 2 cm |
Width | 2.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2176 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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