Gem

Ring

29-128-1072

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1072
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Odysseus
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Ulysses. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of Odysseus, Greek hero in Trojan war.

Height 3 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1072 - Sommerville Gem Number

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