Gem
Ring
29-128-1816
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1816 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Perseus | Medusa | Dagger |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Warrior walking to right, holding a dagger and the head of Medusa in his right hand. He is presumably Perseus, cable border. 18th or 19th, imitating an Holi-Etruscan ringstone. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1816 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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