Gem

Ring

29-128-1060

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1060
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lysimachus
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. Lysimachus. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) and Enameled enriched. Filleted bust of a Hellenistic prince to right, Sommerville identifies subject as Lysimachus. 19th century.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1060 - Sommerville Gem Number

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