15929961800001312637261000Standard Recordobject-31078170197576480915643960640001701975718017fitz-onlineadlib-object-31078https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31078553bc144-0157-39b9-975a-973d7c7cef6a4personreferenceagent-151642adlib-agent-1516423fb9f3ee-3699-32f6-87ec-47e97df0dce3Jupiterpersonreferenceagent-151595adlib-agent-1515955f94f47f-66a9-365e-b475-95be7a460b85Mercurypersonreferenceagent-152170adlib-agent-1521703f19d216-3342-3b4b-bc58-8b7418ab616aBacchuspersonreferenceagent-152260adlib-agent-152260a3eac278-a406-3714-bad0-46b148bbe2bfnymphpersonreferenceagent-154515adlib-agent-1545151874614a-0895-3b09-b0cc-5d02b9583326satyrspersonreferenceagent-155616adlib-agent-15561608afe2ad-4332-3d07-aa71-aa33edb097d0maidsreferenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculpturereferenceterm-108047adlib-term-108047645967e5-95b7-3f64-ae0b-1a98fa719cceagatewarereferenceterm-32234adlib-term-3223496ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fewood (plant material)Plinthreferenceterm-1111adlib-term-111146c949dd-f376-3538-878f-397baee5be09mythologyApplied ArtsPolished 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.M.66-19821accession numberM.66-198231078priref31078urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31078https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31078referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mrs J. Hull Grundyreferenceagent-152725adlib-agent-1527255c76ee04-53e5-390b-a3c3-db3887aaaed7Grundy, J. Hull, Mrs198219821982-11-29givenEntry date: 1982-11-2918751875circa1875sculptorreferenceagent-156712adlib-agent-1567120a0ae8bd-7e4e-36af-82ed-18201ff914e6Isler, Luigireferenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#polished brown and white banded agatereferenceterm-32997adlib-term-3299710d2a5da-dc04-3514-b0da-35c6cef8d43aagateDiametercm10.2Heightcm13.2referenceterm-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasegoblethistory noteArchibald 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 90referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Illustrated twice (in unfinished state) and referred to in pls. 183 and 184, and pp. 50, 226. Isler mentioned on p. 123
The goblet was made for the author by Isler and is carved out of an onyx stalactite previously shaped at Oberstein in Germany. Billing mentions that Isler considered a Bacchanalian theme the most appropriate decoration for a goblet, p. 226.
Also referred to on p. 50 of the 1867 edition, when presumably uncarved.pp. 50, 123referencepublication-2464adlib-publication-24645045df1f-ebc2-3a4f-a5c9-002b17834a8cThe Science of GemsPubl. Illustrated no. 90, opposite p. 18p. 18referencepublication-2465adlib-publication-24654106f2c4-c87b-31c1-91fd-cc54e490ec32Christie's Sale Catalogue, 7th December 1982Publ. Illustrated, p. 13, fig. 11p. 13referencepublication-200000794adlib-publication-200000794d4de55dc-d49c-3c2c-b4a5-3adf8a8c6731Stone Carving at Christie'sobject namereferenceterm-107505adlib-term-107505c3d7bf9c-773c-34aa-80e1-8d38aa516639chariotobject namereferenceterm-110165adlib-term-110165393c8f04-cba1-3113-bc0e-22602954de00pipesplantreferenceterm-58552adlib-term-585520847620f-ed8c-3b0a-89ba-5624a602f7bbvinesliteralchariotchariotliteralpipespipesliteralvinesvinesreferenceterm-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevasepolished brown and white banded agate, carved in reliefreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingobject
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