Gem

Ring

29-128-2426

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2426
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Laureate bust of a man facing to right, the features suggest a person of the earlier 19th represented in the guise of a Roman Emperor. Early 19th.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2426 - Sommerville Gem Number

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