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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