Gem

Ring

29-128-2112

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2112
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Marchant
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Topaz | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Maenad | Caduceus | Signature
Description

Vermeule: Topaz. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) A maenad revelling to right, a cup held in her outstretched hands, a cloak over her shoulders, a caduceus appears in the field at right. Signed Marchant. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2112 - Sommerville Gem Number

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