Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2254

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2254
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Three Graces
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold stick-pin setting with paste brilliants) The Three Graces in the orthodox schema, based on later Hellenistic paintings, reliefs, statues and gems.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2254 - Sommerville Gem Number

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