Gem

Ring

29-128-2183

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2183
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture North Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Milan (uncertain)
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1550-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Glass | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Adoration | Shepherds | Magi
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Broken and remounted on glass. Nativity, shepherds at right. Adoration of wise men at left. Angels in sky above.

Height 3.6 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2183 - Sommerville Gem Number

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