Gem

Ring

29-128-1816

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1816
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Perseus | Medusa | Dagger
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Warrior walking to right, holding a dagger and the head of Medusa in his right hand. He is presumably Perseus, cable border. 18th or 19th, imitating an Holi-Etruscan ringstone.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1816 - Sommerville Gem Number

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