Gem
Ring
29-128-2387
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2387 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Priest |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Bust of a man of the 17th or 18th century clerical type facing to left. Neo-Classic, the style of cutting with the wheel attempts to imitate that popular in late antique and Byzantine cut stone. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2387 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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