Gem

Ring

29-128-2576

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2576
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Creator Santarelli (uncertain)
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Cupid
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Stone broken. Cupid seated chained to a base. Composition identical to 2562 and probably also work of Santarelli, but unsigned.

Height 2.2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2576 - Sommerville Gem Number

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