Gem

Ring

29-128-2411

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2411
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1750-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Apollo?
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Filleted bust of a youth with hair to left. The lyre at the base of the bust identifies the subject as the young Apollo. Neo-Classic: Late 18th or 19th, finely carved

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2411 - Sommerville Gem Number

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