Description: MERCURY WITH HIS CADUCEUS LULLING CHELONE [CHIONE] TO SLEEP
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΕΣ
Signature: Apollonides
Last Recorded Collection: New York, Market
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.344
Christie's, London: 1839-2189
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): 224
Comments: THIS GEM, T226 OR 1839-2335 WAS ONCE IN THE HALLUM COLLECTION AND SOLD IN THE CHRISTIE'S AUCTION 14/15.07.1865, LOT152
