Gem

29-128-170

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-170
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Boar
Description

Sommerville. Onyx. Wild boars. The animals which first taught man to plough the earth. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case K.

Vermeule: Cameo. Onyx. [unmounted] a pair of wild boars standing to right. 18th century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 170 - Sommerville Gem Number

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