Gem
Ring
29-128-1105
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1105 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Saint | Crucifix | Branch | Stars | Halo | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony Onyx. A very curious ring. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR. Vermeule: Chalcedony-sardonyx. Cameo & Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Figure of a saint (John?) carrying crucifix and a palm. Five stars form a halo above head. Reverse: In Intaglio crowned coat of arms, letters AB in design. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1105 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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