Gem

Ring

29-128-2521

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2521
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Malachite (uncertain) | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman
Description

Vermeule: Malachite? Cameo. (Modern base metal silvered ring setting) Filleted bust of a woman facing slightly to left. 19th century version of an ideal person notably mythological.

Height 0.6 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2521 - Sommerville Gem Number

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