Intaglio, Cupid

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Intaglio, Cupid

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 4247

Tags

Intaglio, carving, jewellery

Description

Intaglio of glass showing Cupid holding a butterfly and torch, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 140 - 180 AD. Cupid stands to the right. He is about to singe the wings of the Psyche-butterfly with a torch. Nicolo paste. Probably 'cap-with-rim' style.

Use

Intaglios were used for a variety of purposes, including fashion, status symbol, and an identification seal.

Context

Numerous intaglios were found at Trimontium, both during James Curle's excavations (1905-1911) and later on from field walkers. Nicolo

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Intaglio
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 4247

Made/Created

Time Period

2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

intaglios (sculptural objects)

Material

Glass, Nicolo

Color

Blue, Black

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Walter Mason, Walter Elliot, Martin Henig

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium), "Engraved gemstones from the Roman frontier post at Newstead, Roxburghshire" by Walter Elliot and Martin Henig. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 112, (1982) p.295-299

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mason Collection