Gem

Ring

29-128-2240

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2240
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Zeus
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx in Jade and White. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate bust of Zeus to left, the type derived from Greek IV century or later coins. 18th or 19th century.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2240 - Sommerville Gem Number

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