Gem

Ring

29-128-2229

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2229
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Augustus
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Onyx. Cameo. (Modern silvered ring setting) Laureate bust of a Roman emperor, the features resembling Augustus, facing to right. 19th century.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2229 - Sommerville Gem Number

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