Gem

Box Lid (uncertain)

29-128-2560

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2560
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography General
Description

Vermeule: Pale Chalcedony. Cameo. (Gold setting, pehaps of a box) with blue enamel encircling. Bust of a general of later 18th century facing left. Neo-Classic.

Height 3.7 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2560 - Sommerville Gem Number

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