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Luigi Saulini learned hardstone and shell carving from his adopted father, Tommaso (1784–1864), and continued in the family trade from a successful shop in the Via del Babuino in Rome.
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Title: Bacchante
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Italian
Medium: Onyx and gold
Dimensions: 1 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (3.8 × 3 cm)
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
Object Number: 40.20.53
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