Gem
Ring
29-128-1075
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1075 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx (uncertain) | Metal |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Mask |
| Description | Sommerville: An Antique Scenic Mask. Green color. One of the rarest gems in my collection. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP. Vermeule: Green Sardonyx? Cameo. (Modern base metal ring setting) Theatrical mask facing, eyes and mouth hollow. 19th, poor quality. Sommerville termed it "One of the rarest gems in my collection." |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1075 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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