Gem

Ring

29-128-2545

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2545
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Leda | Swan
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silvered ring setting) Leda and the swan. This version of the composition suggests ancient paintings or those of periof of Correggio.

Height 2.3 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2545 - Sommerville Gem Number

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