Gem

Ring

29-128-1065

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1065
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Metal
Technique Cameo
Iconography Olivia | Priestess
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Olivia, a priestess. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern base metal ring setting) Veiled bust of a female to right, identified by Sommerville as "Olivia" a priestess. 18th or 19th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1065 - Sommerville Gem Number

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