Gem
Ring
29-128-2559
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2559 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | French |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | France |
| Creator | Luigi Pichler |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1750-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Voltaire |
| Description | Vermeule: Pale sard (onyx) of milky color. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust, probably Voltaire, to left. French?, later 18th century. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 2.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2559 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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