Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2393

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2393
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Prince
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold stick-pin setting) Filleted bust of a Hellenistic prince to left. The features are too general for specific identification. 19th century.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2393 - Sommerville Gem Number

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