Gem

29-128-2153

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2153
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Athena | Corinthian Helmet
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Athena to right, wearing a wreathed corinthian helmet. 17th or early 18th century.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2153 - Sommerville Gem Number

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