Gem

Box Lid

29-128-2169

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2169
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hermes
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (In gold box top setting, broken hinge at left) Head of Hermes left, wearing winged cap.

Height 2.7 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2169 - Sommerville Gem Number

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