Gem

29-128-1774

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1774
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1750-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Warriors
Description

Vermeule: Pale sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Two armed warriors facing each other; cable border; one holds a spear between them. In imitation of late Etruscan or Italic style. Late 18th century.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1774 - Sommerville Gem Number

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