Gem
Swivel Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-2109 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Maker: | Eckel |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1850 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Carnelian |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Athena Griffin Signature |
| Height: | 1.3 cm |
| Width: | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 2109 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Swiveled Ring Setting) Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested helmet enriched with a sea griffin, her aegis appears around her neck. Signed - ECKEL ? Neo-Classic
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.. Rahden. Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 204, fig. 76, pl. 134, 138 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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