Gem
Pendant
29-128-2313
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2313 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Northern European |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Northern Europe |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Paste | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Nativity | Baptism | Christ | Holy Ghost | God |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Onyx. Intaglio. (Pendant setting with paste brilliants) Obverse: Nativity Scene. Reverse: Baptism of Christ, the Holy Ghost and God, The Father, above. Both scenes are in elaborate landscape settings. 18th or 19th century, seemingly of North European manufacturer. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2313 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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