Gem
Ring
29-128-1018
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1018 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Warrior | Shield | Helmet | Wreath |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. A warrior with shield. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Number of layers (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Helmeted draped cuirassed bust of a warrior to left, he wears a laurel wreath around his helmet and carries a shield in front of him. 19th? Imitating the design and style of a gem of the late antique period of the early middle ages. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1018 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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