Gem

Ring

29-128-2517

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2517
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Child
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of a Roman child of the Ist or IInd century A.D. facing slightly to right. 18th or 19th, in imitation of an ancient Cameo. Workmanship of excellent quality.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2517 - Sommerville Gem Number

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