Gem
Ring
29-128-1102
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1102 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Socrates | Hemlock |
| Description | Sommerville: Maculated sardonyx. Socrates about to drink the hemlock; the bowl is broken. Beautiful stone. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR.
Vermeule: Maculated Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Renaissance: Socrates about to drink the hemlock. The bowl has been partly broken away. |
| Height | 2.4 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1102 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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