Gem
Ring
29-128-1045
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1045 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Otho | Heracles |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony. Otho, seventh Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gold (reset) ring mount) Bust of a youth to right. Head is copied from IVth representations of young Herakles. Italian, 18th or 19th century. |
| Height | 2.4 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1045 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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