| Reference number | MOB/060 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Intaglio seals |
| Date | 19th century |
| Description | Five gold mounted oval cornelian and chalcedony intaglios carved with antique profiles, inscribed in Greek. They represent Euclid, Thales, Archimedes, Aristides and Priam. Together with a blue velvet lined box, and a box of 9 wax impression of the seals in circular wooden cases (some cases damaged or incomplete) |
| Extent | 5 seals |
| Format | Artefact |
| Materials | Gold, crystal |
| Dimensions | 25.4 mm each |
| Access status | Open |
| Provenance | Previously belonged to Prince Stanislaw Poniatowski. Prince Stanislaw Poniatowski (1754 – 1833) commissioned 2,500 gems to be made by Luigi Pichler and Nicolo Cerbara, and encouraged ‘the belief that they were, in fact, ancient’; this collection was sold after his death at a Christie’s auction in 1839 (April 29–May 21) and purchased by the Royal Society ('Object biographies and interdisciplinarity' AM Roos, Notes & Records, vol 73, no 3). Tags on the gems refer to their lot number in their auction at Christie's in 1839. |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-18206 |
| https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-18207 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7983 | Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist | 1817 - 1911 |