Gem
Ring
29-128-2098
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2098 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Creator | Emil Burch |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Young Woman | Signature |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A young woman of ideal type facing, her long hair falls over her shoulders and a bit of drapery shows at the bottom of the deep bust. The features are very much of the 18th century concept of the ideal. Signed - BURCH |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2098 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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