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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1775 - circa 1850; Classification(s): cameos, cameo, carving, shell cameo, cut in relief [M.7-2005]
Description: Ringstone oval, of shell, cut with a cameo head of Herakles in profile to vewer's right wearing a lion's pelt over his head. The shell has been cut so that the face and neck of Herakles are white, the pelt shades of pale brown, and the ground dark reddish-brown. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | cameos Unknown cameo | Temporal: | name=18th/19th Century; start=1775; end=1850 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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