19th century AD. A group of electrotypes taken from original intaglios in important collections, each with detailed record sheet and photograph(s) with full provenance and other information for the original, comprising: (1) From The Lewes House Collection and now in The Boston Museum of Fine Arts: scarab with death of Ajax, Late Archaic Period; scarab with kneeling athlete, Late Archaic Period; SCArab with youth and grotesque head, Etruscan Classical Period; (2) From The Lewes House Collection: scarab with death demons, end of 6th century BC; scarab with Achilles drawing a cloak over his shoulders, legend 'ACHILE', Late Archaic Period; (3) From The Southesk Collection: gem with triga and hound, no date; gem with quadriga and two warriors, Late Period; scarab with Herakles strangling a bird, no date; gem with facing figure with wings, 2nd-3rd century; scarab with genius of death, no date; scarab with Cerberus, no date. See Beazley, J.D. The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, Oxford, 1920; Carnegie, J. Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems Formed by James, Ninth Earl of Southesk, 2 vols, London, 1908. 39 grams total, 11-20mm (1/2 - 3/4"). Property of a London lady; by inheritance from late father-in-law. [11, No Reserve]