cameo
- Museum number
- 2009,5018.96
- Description
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Glass cameo set into a gold cuff-link. Carved with a scene of cupid with a ship whose hull is in the form of an amphora.
- Production date
- 1stC
- Curator's comments
- The same device appears on an intaglio found in the Bas-Rhin region of France; cf. Giraud, H. (1988) Intailles et camées de l'époque romaine en Gaule (territoire français) (Paris), p. 126, no. 354, pl. xxiii.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2009
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2009,5018.96
