Gem

Pendant

29-128-2313

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2313
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Northern European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Paste | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Nativity | Baptism | Christ | Holy Ghost | God
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Onyx. Intaglio. (Pendant setting with paste brilliants) Obverse: Nativity Scene. Reverse: Baptism of Christ, the Holy Ghost and God, The Father, above. Both scenes are in elaborate landscape settings. 18th or 19th century, seemingly of North European manufacturer.

Height 2.5 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2313 - Sommerville Gem Number

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