Gem

Ring

29-128-2332

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2332
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold | Ruby
Technique Cameo
Iconography Infant? | Medusa?
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting Ruby? chips) Facing head of an infant; style of carving recalls archaistic Medusa masks. 19th century work.

Height 0.7 cm
Width 0.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2332 - Sommerville Gem Number

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