Gem

29-128-1306

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1306
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1800-1889
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Technique Cameo
Iconography Portrait | Chain Mail
Description

Sommerville: Amber. A Portrait the head covered with mail. Ambers, Case DDDD.

Vermeule: Cameo. Amber [unmounted] Veiled bust of an elderly bearded man to right. The features resemble the (?) of Michelangelo. Probably 19th century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1306 - Sommerville Gem Number

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