Gem
Stickpin
29-128-2531
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2531 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Cupid | Column |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold stick-pin) Winged cupid facing slightly left; a column appears behind him. His arms are tied behind him. Neo-Classic, the design copied from ancient models including several replicas of a late Hellenistic statue. |
| Height | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2531 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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