Gem

Ring

29-128-2248

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2248
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Queen of Sheba
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of a lady of African features facing. She wears a diadem in her hair. Queen of Sheba is perhaps intended. 19th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2248 - Sommerville Gem Number

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