Gem

Ring

29-128-2292

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2292
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Julio-Claudian Prince | Germanicus?
Description

Vermeule: Pale Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate bust of a young man facing to left. The features are those of a Prince of the Julio-Claudian house, perhaps Germanicas (Died 19 A.D.) Neo-Classic.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2292 - Sommerville Gem Number

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