Gem
Ring
29-128-2520
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2520 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Man | Hephaestus? | Odysseus? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bearded, draped bust of an elderly man facing to right. His cap identifies him as Haephaestos or perhaps Odysseus. Late 18th or 19th century. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2520 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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