Gem

Ring

29-128-1014

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1014
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 16th Century | 17th Century
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Melpomene
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Melpomene one of the 9 Muses who presided over Tragedy. Fine cameo and beautiful stone. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL.

Vermeule. Cameo. Sardonyx. [Modern gold ring setting] Melponmene, Muse of Tragedy, a draped, half figure bust facing to right. 16th or 17th centuries, probably a northern European work.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1014 - Sommerville Gem Number

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