Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-2283
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2283 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Christ | Dove | Holy Ghost |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold swiveled ring setting) Bust of Christ facing, head turned slightly to left. The Dove of the Holy Ghost appears on his chest. Stone has been broken on a line through the neck of Christ and repaired. 19th century. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2283 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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