Gem
Ring
29-128-2477
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2477 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Crystal (uncertain) | Glass (uncertain) | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Homer |
| Description | Vermeule: Crystal or glass. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate draped bust of Homer facing to left. The features copy the Hellenistic type of the head in London, Naples, Boston and elsewhere. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2477 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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