Gem
Ring
29-128-2175
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2175 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Child | Lamb | Saint John? |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold ring setting) A child walking to right, carrying a lamb over shoulders in the "Good Shepherd" schema. The child is probably the infant St. John the Baptist. 18th century |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2175 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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