Gem
Ring
29-128-2408
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2408 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1850-1904 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Vermeule: Light Sard. Cameo. (Modern Gold ring setting) Facing head of Medusa. Two snake-like locks beneath her chin. Style of gem suggests work of the latter part of the last century. Modern. 19th century. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2408 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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