Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. . Fig. 74.—^Agate, Alexander the Great (reduced to three-quarters), its colour is quite different from that of the ground-work of the stone. It is set in a superb frame ofenamelled gold. I70 PRECIOUS STONES. The fig. following (Fig. 75) is a chalcedony dis-playing a bacchic bull with an ivy wreath aroundhis body and a thyrsus under his feet. It is one ofthe most celebrated of antique engraved gems, andbears the signature of the famous graver Hyllus. As a specimen of modern engraving, we representby Fig. y6 that celebrated stone known a
Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. . Fig. 74.—^Agate, Alexander the Great (reduced to three-quarters), its colour is quite different from that of the ground-work of the stone. It is set in a superb frame ofenamelled gold. I70 PRECIOUS STONES. The fig. following (Fig. 75) is a chalcedony dis-playing a bacchic bull with an ivy wreath aroundhis body and a thyrsus under his feet. It is one ofthe most celebrated of antique engraved gems, andbears the signature of the famous graver Hyllus. As a specimen of modern engraving, we representby Fig. y6 that celebrated stone known as the sealof Michael Angelo. It is a small transparent cor-nelian engraved en creux or entaille. In the small.
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