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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

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JUNO

JUNO

1792 Catalogue Description

From the head of a colossal statue in the Museum Pio-Clementinum. This statue was found in the Muti Gardens on the Viminal Hill where the baths of Olympia are supposed to have stood.

Material

Cornelian
Gem Type

Original Owner

W. WILBERFORCE, Esq.

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