Gem

Ring

29-128-2556

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2556
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Young Man
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Bust of a young man to left. Perhaps an idealized portrait of a young man of the 18th century in the Julio-Claudian style.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2556 - Sommerville Gem Number

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