Gem

29-128-1852

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1852
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Athena | Judgement of Orestes
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Broken on right side to simulate an antique fragment. Athena casting her vote in Judgement of Orestes, copy of a well-known ancient cameo. Neo-Classic.

Height 3 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1853 - Sommerville Gem Number

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