Gem
Ring
29-128-2186
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2186 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Greek Warrior | Corinthian Helmet | Serpent | Philoctetes? |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of a Greek warrior to right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet on which appears a serpent. Perhaps Philoctetes is intended. Neo-Classic, probably earlier 19th century. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2186 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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