Gem

Ring

29-128-1063

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1063
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Chalcedony (uncertain)
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hesiod
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Hesiodus, a poet of Boeotian school. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Laureate bearded bust of an elderly Greek divinity or person facing to left. Sommerville identifies subject as the Boaetian poet Hesiod. 18th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1063 - Sommerville Gem Number

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