Gem

Ring

29-128-2515

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2515
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Athena
Description

Vermeule: Reddish Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern silvered ring setting) Helmeted head of Athena facing to left. The design suggesting gold coins of Alexander the Great. 18th Century, inferior workmanship.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2515 - Sommerville Gem Number

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