Object Number | 29-128-602 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | European |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Western Europe |
Period | Medieval |
Date Made | 700-1099 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Turquoise |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Juno |
Description | Sommerville: Turquoise. Juno, Queen of Hearts. As such she was worshipped at her temple on the Aventine at Rome. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ. Vermeule: Turquoise. Cameo. (Unmounted). Diademed bust of a female (divinity?) facing. She wears a cloak about her shoulders pinned at front wtih a broach. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 602 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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