| Object Number | 29-128-780 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Russian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Aetai | Russia |
| Creator | After Feodor Tolstoi | Imperial Kolyvan Stone Cutting Factory |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | ca. 1825 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Siberian Jasper | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Warrior | Helmet | Shield | Spear | Tsar Alexander I | Rodomysle |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. A warrior with Shield and Lance. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV. Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Czar Alexander I of Russia facing left in ancient style armor. Wears an elaborate plumed helmet and a breast plate, carries a shield and spear. Probably late 18th or 19th century, and features are those of a person of those periods. Kagan: Tsar Alexander I as Rodomyste Aetai, Russia C. 1825. Imperial Kolyvanfact; unfinished piece - roughly around Alexander's death(?) |
| Height | 5.6 cm |
| Width | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 780 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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