Gem
Box Lid (uncertain)
Brooch (uncertain)
29-128-2418
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2418 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Youth | Mithradates? |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Box Top or Brooch Setting) Filleted bust of a youth of 19th ideal type, facing to left. The features vaguely sugget those of a late Hellenistic ruler such as Mithradates. 19th century. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Width | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2418 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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