Gem
Ring
29-128-1014
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1014 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | 16th Century | 17th Century |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Melpomene |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Melpomene one of the 9 Muses who presided over Tragedy. Fine cameo and beautiful stone. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL. Vermeule. Cameo. Sardonyx. [Modern gold ring setting] Melponmene, Muse of Tragedy, a draped, half figure bust facing to right. 16th or 17th centuries, probably a northern European work. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1014 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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