Gem

Pin (uncertain)

Pendant (uncertain)

29-128-2318

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2318
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Brass
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Saint? | Monk? | Landscape | Hut? | Cave? | Saint Francis?
Description

Vermeule: Green and brown Agate. Intaglio. (Modern brass pin or pendant setting). A Saint in monks habit leaning on his staff in an elaborate landscape setting, which includes a hut or cave at the left. Possibly St. Francis. Neo-Classic

Height 2.9 cm
Width 3.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2318 - Sommerville Gem Number

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