Gem

Ring

29-128-2437

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2437
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Head of the young Herakles facing to right, wearing the lionskin. Probably 17th century.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2437 - Sommerville Gem Number

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