Gem

Box Lid (uncertain)

Brooch (uncertain)

29-128-2418

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2418
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Youth | Mithradates?
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Box Top or Brooch Setting) Filleted bust of a youth of 19th ideal type, facing to left. The features vaguely sugget those of a late Hellenistic ruler such as Mithradates. 19th century.

Height 3 cm
Width 3.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2418 - Sommerville Gem Number

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