Gem

Ring

29-128-996

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-996
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Homer
Description

Sommerville: Pale Onyx. Homer. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case KKK.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting - 1870?) Filleted, draped bust of a philosopher or classical Greek man of intellect, to right. Sommerville calls Homer.19th century.

Height 2.7 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 996 - Sommerville Gem Number

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