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Code: 10478
This is a Classical Revival hardstone intaglio, dating to the 18th - 19th century. It is cut with a portrait of Hermes (Mercury) wearing a petasos. Such an intaglio would have been hung on a fob seal, by a gentleman possibly purchased on a Grand Tour.
OBJECT: Intaglio
CULTURE: Georgian
DATE: c. 18th - 19th century
MATERIAL: Carnelian
SIZE: 17mm x 15mm x 4mm
WEIGHT: 1.6 grams
PROVENANCE: Ex. European Collection, France.