Cameo
ca. 1870 (made)
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This is an unmouted cameo, larger but similar in style to those mounted on a pair of earrings, M.108:1&2-2007 with which it has been been donated. Perhaps the original owner acquired five cameos and had four of them mounted in the earrings, but did not have the fifth mounted in, for example, a brooch.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Onyx |
| Brief description | Onyx cameo carved with profile female Classical head. |
| Physical description | Onyx cameo carved with profile female Classical head |
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| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein |
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| Summary | This is an unmouted cameo, larger but similar in style to those mounted on a pair of earrings, M.108:1&2-2007 with which it has been been donated. Perhaps the original owner acquired five cameos and had four of them mounted in the earrings, but did not have the fifth mounted in, for example, a brooch. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.108:3-2007 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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