Gem

Ring

29-128-1013

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1013
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Numa Pompilius
Description

Sommerville: Sard, Cameo, Numa Pompilius. King of Rome in Sacerdotal costume. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sarndonyx. [modern gold ring setting] Veiled bust of an elderly bearded man to left. "Numa Pompelius, second king of Rome." 18th century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1013 - Sommerville Gem Number

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