Gem
Ring Fragment
29-128-2198
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2198 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Socrates |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx (Chalcedony). Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting: ring broken) Head of Socrates to right. His features are known from numerous ancient Roman marble busts, some of them inscribed. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2198 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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