Double Gem

29-128-394

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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