Gem

Ring

29-128-991

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-991
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Portrait
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. A Medici (cinque-cento). Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Ren. Port. Cameo. (Gilt ring setting) Bust termed that of a woman of Medici of XVIth century, facing left. Renaissance.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 991 - Sommerville Gem Number

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