T700, THE INFANT CAECULUS [SON OF VULCAN, CONCEIVED WHEN A SPARK OF FIRE FROM THE HEARTH FELL INTO HIS MOTHER'S LAP, EXPOSED BY HER NEAR THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER] FOUND IN THE FIRE BY SHEPHERDS. [CAECULUS WAS THE FOUNDER OF PRAENESTE]
- Reference Number: T700
- Description: THE INFANT CAECULUS [SON OF VULCAN, CONCEIVED WHEN A SPARK OF FIRE FROM THE HEARTH FELL INTO HIS MOTHER'S LAP, EXPOSED BY HER NEAR THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER] FOUND IN THE FIRE BY SHEPHERDS. [CAECULUS WAS THE FOUNDER OF PRAENESTE]
- Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
- Signature: Kromos
- Literary Source Record: Aeneid
- Current Collection: 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)
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- Material: Cornelian
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