Gem
Ring
29-128-2332
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2332 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold | Ruby |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Infant? | Medusa? |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting Ruby? chips) Facing head of an infant; style of carving recalls archaistic Medusa masks. 19th century work. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2332 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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