Gem

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29-128-1182

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1182
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hebe | Jupiter | Mercury | Juno | Heracles | Eagle
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Hebe presented by Mercury to Jupiter. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Paste, white mounted on blue glass. (Unmounted) A mythological scene "Hebe presented by Hermes to Zeus." Neo-Classic, suggesting an ancient cameo.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1182 - Sommerville Number

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