Gem
Stickpin
29-128-2561
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2561 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Sappho? | Psyche? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold stick-pin mount) Draped bust of a female to left, the features are of the so-called Sappho, but butterfly wings have been carved on the headband (fillet) indicating that Psyche is intended. cf. 2549 for similar composition. Italian, 18th or earlier 19th century. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2561 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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