Gem

29-128-1390

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1390
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Augustus
Description

Sommerville: Augustus, Emperor of Rome. Persian Seals, Case TTTT.

Vermeule: Vitreous paste. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate bust of the Emperor Augustus to right. Copy from a cameo in the Imperial collection in Vienna.

Height 6.2 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1390 - Sommerville Gem Number

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