Hercules, naked, facing towards the left, legs crossed, reclining full-length on the lion-skin spread out on the ground, supported by his elbow and holding his club. Mount: gold ring type 1a, wire hoop forked at shoulders.
History note: Shannon Bequest
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
18th Century
Circa
1700
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Circa
1800
Problematic: probably eighteenth century
Intaglio
Accession number: CG 718
Primary reference Number: 124924
Gem catalogue number: S 28(CM)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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