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29-128-1276
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1276 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Enamel |
| Iconography | Butterfly | Mercury's Foot |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique enamel. Symbolic Seal, the foot of Mercury pressing on a butterfly. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Paste, imitating Lapis Lazuli. Intaglio. (Unmounted) The winged foot of Hermes poised upon the butterfly of Psyche. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1276 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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