Gem
Pin
29-128-2557
Location: On Display in the Classical World Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2557 |
| Current Location | Classical World Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Creator | Luigi Pichler |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Maenad |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt pin setting) Bust of a Maenad to right. She wears an elaborate vine wreath in her hair with grapes and a ram's head on her right shoulder. 19th century. |
| Height | 3.7 cm |
| Width | 4.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2557 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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