Gem

Ring

29-128-2349

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2349
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Gryllos | Pan | Maenad | Silenus
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) The stone itself is in an old setting and has been remounted. A Gryllos head consisting of a Pan to right, a Maenad opposite and upside down, a head of Silenus at the base of the neck and a Ram's head at the top. 18th century imitating an ancient model.

Height 0.7 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2348 - Sommerville Gem Number

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