Lot n° 544
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
Silver-mounted shell CAMEE (800) depicting Hector's farewell - Lot 544
Silver-mounted shell CAMEE (800) depicting Hector's farewell to Andromache.
England, 19th century
Width: 5.5 cm; Total gross weight: 18.41 g
Related bibliography :
- Julius HOFFMANN, Gemmen und Kameen des Altertums und der Neuzeit, Stuttgart, George Lippold, 1922, a similar model reproduced pl. CXLI, no. 5.
- Rudolf RASPE, A descriptive catalog of a general collection of ancient and modern engraved gems, cameos as well as intaglios, taken from the most celebrated cabinets in Europe and cast in coloured pastes, white enamel, and sulfur, by James Tassie, modeller, London, J. Murray, 1791, no. 9178 & 9184.
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