Gem
Ring
29-128-1036
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1036 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Date Made | 1800-1889 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Iron |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Messalina |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx, Cameo. Messalina 3rd wife of Claudius - a bad profligate woman. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case MMM. Vermeule: Cameo. Chalcedony-Onyx. [modern iron ring setting] Filleted bust of a woman resemblina a Julio-Claudian princess facing to left. "Messalina" 19th century |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1036 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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