Gem
Ring
29-128-2450
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2450 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Man | Dagger |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Bust of an elderly bearded and mostly bald man facing to right. A long dagger is visible behind his head. The design is based very freely on a Roman Republican portrait gem, such as the Brutus types. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2450 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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