Gem

Ring

29-128-1091

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1091
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Northern European (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Figures | Dish | Jug | Offering
Description

Sommerville: Pale Sard. Offering a Libation to Bacchus. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ.

Vermeule: Pale sard. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Two nude figures, one seated on a rack holding out a dish, the other at the right pouring from a jug. 17th, perhaps Northern European.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1091 - Sommerville Gem Number

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