Sculptor: Isler, Luigi
Polished brown and white banded agate with a matt cameo frieze illustrating scenes from the life of Bacchus, including Jupiter and Mercury presiding at the birth while an attendant nymph leads up a goat for nourishment, and Bacchus as a young man making merry from his chariot drawn by leopards, while maidens dance and satyrs play the pipes and cymbals, all framed above by a wreath of leaves issuing from twin grapevines. On wooden plinth.
History note: Archibald Billing, Esq., M.D., A.M., F.R.S.; sold Christie's, 7 December, 1982, Antique Jewellery including A Collection of Cameos, p. 18, lot 90
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Diameter: 10.2 cm
Height: 13.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1982-11-29) by Grundy, J. Hull, Mrs
19th Century, Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1875
Plinth composed of wood (plant material)
polished brown and white banded agate Agate
Carving : Polished brown and white banded agate, carved in relief
Accession number: M.66-1982
Primary reference Number: 31078
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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