Gem
Ring
29-128-2298
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2298 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Western European |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Western Europe | England (uncertain) |
| Period | Medieval |
| Date Made | 1300-1499 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Saint George | Dragon |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) A Saint Michael ? or George ? to right, spearing and trampling on a dragon, two stars in field. Early Christian to Medieval. Stone octagonal in shape has a cut border. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2298 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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