Gem

Ring

29-128-2396

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2396
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Bust of the youthful Herakles facing to right, wearing the lionskin. 18th century.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2396 - Sommerville Gem Number

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