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The Fair Maid of Gatacre
Artist: English
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1550 - 1560
Materials: amethyst & gold
Dimensions: 6 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £15,938)
Vendor: S J Phillips
Review number: 2969 (1983)
Provenance:
Sotheby's, 1981.
Description:
A late antique amethyst cameo with a head of Medusa, probably 5th century AD, in a setting of interlaced scrolls in gold enamelled in black, white and blue, probably English.
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