Gem
Ring
29-128-2553
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2553 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Creator | Cerbara |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1800-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Silver |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Sappho? | Signature |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silvered ring setting) Draped bust of an ideal 5th century B.C. type right, perhaps intended for Sappho. The signature CERBARA appears in the field at the left. Early XIXth century. |
| Height | 2.7 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2553 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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