Gem

Swivel Ring

29-128-2283

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2283
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Christ | Dove | Holy Ghost
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold swiveled ring setting) Bust of Christ facing, head turned slightly to left. The Dove of the Holy Ghost appears on his chest. Stone has been broken on a line through the neck of Christ and repaired. 19th century.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2283 - Sommerville Gem Number

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