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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: | 1.3cm |
| Width: | 1.7cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2109 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
(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. 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. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 204, fig. 76, pl. 134, 138 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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