Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-1813
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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