Gem

Ring

29-128-964

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-964
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Vesta
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Vesta, goddess of the Hearth. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Filleted draped bust of a woman of ideal type to left. "Vesta." Neo-Classic

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 964 - Sommerville Gem Number

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