Gem
Ring
29-128-2515
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2515 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Athena |
| Description | Vermeule: Reddish Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern silvered ring setting) Helmeted head of Athena facing to left. The design suggesting gold coins of Alexander the Great. 18th Century, inferior workmanship. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2515 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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