Gem

Ring

29-128-985

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-985
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Kalmuck
Description

Sommerville: Agate. A Kalmuck. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate head of an elderly man, facing. He has a large moustache which covers his entire lower face. Sommerville calls him "A Kalmuck." 19th century.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 985 - Sommerville Gem Number

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