Gem

29-128-1303

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1303
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Technique Cameo
Iconography Frederick the Great
Description

Sommerville: Amber Cameo. Frederick the Great. A rude head. Ambers, Case CCCC.

Vermeule: Amber. Cameo. (Unmounted) Half figure bust facing identified by Sommerville as Frederick the Great. Rude Carving. 18th century.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1303 - Sommerville Gem Number

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