Gem
Rosary Ring
29-128-1057
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1057 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1650-1750 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Semele | Maenad |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale sardonyx. Semele, a breviary ring of Philip II of Spain, with knobs or points, used to count prayers. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Rosary ring. Draped bust of a maenad (Semele) facing to left, grape leaves and grape clusters in hair. The expression is composed and dignified. 10 on setting, probably rosary ring. Italian, late 17th or early 18th? |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1057 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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