Gem

29-128-672

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-672
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Plautilla
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Plautilla, wife of Caracalla, daughter of Plautianus, Senator of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a Roman Empress to left "Plautilla". 18th century.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 672 - Sommerville Gem Number

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