Gem
Ring
29-128-2098
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2098 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Creator | Emil Burch |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Young Woman | Signature |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A young woman of ideal type facing, her long hair falls over her shoulders and a bit of drapery shows at the bottom of the deep bust. The features are very much of the 18th century concept of the ideal. Signed - BURCH |
Height | 1.8 cm |
Width | 2.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2098 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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