Gem

Ring

29-128-2353

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

View All (2) Object Images

Object Number 29-128-2353
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Northern European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Cleopatra | Asp
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Cleopatra facing left, asp at breast. Style suggests North European work of 17th Century.

Height 2.2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2353 - Sommerville Gem Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.