Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2399

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2399
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Roman Empress?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Stickpin Setting) Veiled draped bust of a woman, probably a Roman Empress of I A.D., facing to right. 19th century.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2399 - Sommerville Gem Number

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