Explore the 1792 Gem Collection

Currently, the working pages on this site can be found on the “EXPLORE” AND “Catalogues” pages.

  • EXPLORE – Search by text and image match the “Catalgoue of Impressions of One Hundred Gems” by Marchant, 1792
    • Master Index – A comparative spreadsheet comparing the entries about Marchant’s 100 gems as found in his 1792 Catalogue, in the Raspe-Tassie Catalogue of 1791, and The Gertrude Seidmann article in the Walpole Journal, 1987.
  • Catalogues – PDF copies of two Catalogues

GEM DETAIL

A ROMAN MATRON

1792 Catalogue Description

From a statue supposed to represent that character in the collection of the Marquis of Buckingham This statue was found thirteen miles from Rome in the tenuta di Quadrono in the Via Flaminia

Material

Sardonyx

Gem Type

Original Owner

Marquis of BUCKINGHAM

To view a copy of the entry for this imprssion in the original catalogue CLICK HERE.