Gem

Brooch

29-128-2171

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2171
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Pearl | Garnet | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt stick-pin setting) with pearls and small garnets? Bust of Medusa facing slightly right. Work of Roman Imperial Period.

Height 2.5 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2171 - Sommerville Gem Number

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