Gem

Ring

29-128-2158

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2158
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Phrygian Cap
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Draped bust of a woman of Greek Classical type to right, she wears a 19th century version of the Greek type Phrygian or Amazon cap. Early 19th century.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2158 - Sommerville Gem Number

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