Gem
Pendant
29-128-2245
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2245 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Aeneas | Anchises | Ascanius |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Circular gold pendant setting) which fitted into a backing. Aeneus carrying Anchises from Troy in burning ruins behind him. Ascanius trots along ahead to left. Possibly used as cover for a box containing a scent or (pomander) ridge along gold rim suggests this fitted into another piece. |
| Height | 3.7 cm |
| Width | 3.6 cm |
| Depth | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2245 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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