Gem
Ring
29-128-1033
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1033 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Virgil | Augustus |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Virgil. Superb cameo. Exquisite natural color. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case MMM. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate bust of a young man to left. Sommerville terms him Virgil, but the features resemble those of the Emperor Augustus. Neo-Classic: of fine workmanship. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1033 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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