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Description: | A small circular intaglio. The intaglio appears to be a moulded translucent green glass or gem stone intaglio, which has been moulded from a die. The intaglio has been set within a copper alloy frame. The frame is circular and the intaglio sits tightly inside it, six claws hold the intaglio in its setting. The design on the intaglio depicts a neo-classical / pseudo Egyptian/ Greek head facing forwards. The head has hair (or a head dress) draped down either side. The detail on he face has been well executed. The intaglio itself is a light greyish-green colour, whilst the copper alloy has gone a mid reddish-brown colour. The object is complete but no evidence of how the object was attached to a larger object can be seen. This intaglio probably dates to the late post-medieval period and may even be Georgian or Victorian. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1700
1900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Liz Walker | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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