Gem
Ring
29-128-2142
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2142 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1899 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Silver |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Saturn? | Crab | Corn |
Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Bearded rustic divinity perhaps Saturn walking to right, holding crab and ears of corn. He has elaborate oriental type wings and walks Egyptian-type cartouche in which appears a crab and pseudo-hieroglyphs XVI or XVII century? based on a gnostic type stone. |
Height | 2.99 cm |
Width | 2.43 cm |
Depth | 0.23 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2142 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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