Gem

Ring

29-128-1102

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1102
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Socrates | Hemlock
Description

Sommerville: Maculated sardonyx. Socrates about to drink the hemlock; the bowl is broken. Beautiful stone. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR.

Vermeule: Maculated Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Renaissance: Socrates about to drink the hemlock. The bowl has been partly broken away.

Height 2.4 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1102 - Sommerville Gem Number

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