Gem

Swivel Ring

29-128-1813

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1813
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Warrior | Shield | Spear | Youth | Horn
Description

Vermeule: Yellow sard. Intaglio (Modern gold swiveled ring setting) A warrior seated to left, holding a shield and spear. A nude youth aproaches from the left blowing on a horn. Cable border. Neo-Classic, the style meant to suggest an Italio Etruscan ringstone.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1813 - Sommerville Gem Number

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