Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2075

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2075
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Lion | Stag | Crescent
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold stick-pin setting with pendant) A lion walking to left, an object resembling the head of a stag in his mouth, a crescent in field above. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2075 - Sommerville Gem Number

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