Gem

Ring

29-128-2582

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2582
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate bust of an elderly man to right. The features seem to be those of a man of the 18th represented in the antique manner. 18th century.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2582 - Sommerville Gem Number

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