Gem

Stickpin

29-128-2416

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2416
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt stick-pin setting) Draped bust of Herakles facing to right, wearing the lionskin reversed, the head of the lion facing outwards on the back of his head. 17th century.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2416 - Sommerville Gem Number

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