Gem

Ring

29-128-2260

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2260
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Boar
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting. Designed to imitate an ancient ring) Two boars standing to left. 17th or 18th century? perhaps earlier

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2260 - Sommerville Gem Number

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