Gem

Ring

29-128-2282

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2282
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Baroque Period
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Angel | Man of Sorrows | Shroud
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Half figure of the Man of Sorrows facing. The shroud is held behind him by an angel above. Possibly XVIIth. century in a dull Baroque style.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2282 - Sommerville Gem Number

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