Gem
Ring
29-128-1113
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1113 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Chalcedony |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Saint John |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. St. John. Remark the beauty of the arm with the twisted rope. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR. Vermeule: Cameo. Chalcedony-Onyx. [modern gilt ring setting] Half-figure bust of St. John to right in hight relief. S. A twisted and knotted rope appears around his right shoulder. Neoclassical |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1113 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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