Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2167

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2167
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Eros | Biga | Lion
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Pin Setting) Eros drawing a biga of lions to the left. 16th or 17th century.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2167 - Sommerville Gem Number

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