Double Gem
29-128-394
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-394 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | 18th Century |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Female | Pope |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Obverse: a Female Head. Reverse: Head of a Pope. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Double Cameo. (Unmounted). Obverse: Bust of female of ideal type to left. Reverse: Bust of a Pope; probably of 18th, to right. Neo-Classic. |
Height | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 394 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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