Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2541

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2541
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | European King
Description

Vermeule: Dark Carnelian. Cameo. (Modern gold stick-pin setting). Draped, cuirassed bust of a man to left. Although in roman guise, the features are those of perhaps a German emperor of the 16th century. 19th century?

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2541 - Sommerville Gem Number

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