Gem

Ring

29-128-1038

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1038
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Claudius
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Claudius, fourth Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate, draped bust of an imperial personage ro left, identified by Sommerville as "Claudius 4th Emperor of Rome." 16th or 17th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1038 - Sommerville Gem Number

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