Gem

Burnishing Stone

29-128-2419

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2419
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone
Technique Cameo
Iconography Young Man
Description

Vermeule: Jeweler's burnishing stone. Ren. Port. Cameo. Half-figure bust of a young man of XVIth or XVIIth century in armor and wearing a lace collar, to right.

Height 5.1 cm
Width 3.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2419 - Sommerville Gem Number

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