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T99, THE FALL OF VULCAN [ONE OF THE SUITORS FALLING IN TERROR TO THE EARTH, THE TORCH FALLING FROM HIS HAND]

  • Record Number: 40000128
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T99
  • Material of Original Gem: Amethyst
  • Description: THE FALL OF VULCAN [ONE OF THE SUITORS FALLING IN TERROR TO THE EARTH, THE TORCH FALLING FROM HIS HAND]
  • Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
  • Signature: Pyrgoteles
  • Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.152
    • Christie's, London: 1839-2503
    • Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841): 99
    • Scarisbrick, (Charles), Esq.
    • Christie's, London: May 15, 1861, lot 13
  • Comments: Christie's 1839 misidentified - no material
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