Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2208

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2208
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Creator Morelli
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1739-1835
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roma | Helmet
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt stick-pin setting) Helmeted, cuirassed bust of Roma facing to left. Signed MORELLI (1739-1835).

Height 1.4 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Depth 0.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2208 - Sommerville Gem Number

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