Gem

Ring

29-128-2406

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2406
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Maria Theresa?
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of a female perhaps a personage of the 18th century, facing right. cf. coin portraits of Maria Theresa. 18th century? Neo-Classic.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2406 - Sommerville Gem Number

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