Gem

Ring

29-128-2469

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2469
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Youth | Man | Old Man | Trajan? | Philosopher
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Jugate busts of a young man wearing a laurel wreath and behind him an older bearded man. The young man resembles the Emperor Trajan, the older man is the Greek philosopher type. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2469 - Sommerville Gem Number

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