Gem
Ring
29-128-1818
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1818 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Athena | Corinthian Helmet |
| Description | Vermeule: Pale sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Head of Athena facing to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Neo-Classic. The design copied directly from coins of Corinthian the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. |
| Height | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1818 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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