Gem
Ring
29-128-1063
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1063 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Chalcedony (uncertain) |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Hesiod |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Hesiodus, a poet of Boeotian school. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Laureate bearded bust of an elderly Greek divinity or person facing to left. Sommerville identifies subject as the Boaetian poet Hesiod. 18th century. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1063 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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