Gem

Ring

29-128-1829

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1829
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Goddess | Persephone?
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Draped bust of a young woman to right. She wears a braided fillet in her hair. A Goddess, such as Peresphone or a personification is intended. Neo-Classic, imitating the antique very accurately.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1829 - Sommerville Gem Number

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