Gem

Ring

29-128-2111

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2111
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Quartz (uncertain) | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Woman
Description

Vermeule: Green Quartz? Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting. reset, Italian) Draped bust of a female to left. She wears a curious hat which looks like a hunting cap of the XVIIIth. The features appear to be those of a person of the XVIIIth century. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2111 - Sommerville Gem Number

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