Gem

Ring

29-128-938

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-938
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Ecclesiatic Scene | Old Testament
Description

Sommerville: Sard. A Ceremony of the Ancient Jewish Church. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG.

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) An Old Testament scene (?) An Ecclesiastic kneeling before a man in armor. A curtain above and a chandelier at upper right. Neo-classic

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 938 - Sommerville Gem Number

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