Gem
Ring
29-128-1019
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1019 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Jupiter | Zeus | Thunderbolt |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Jupiter Tonans. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case LLL. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (In gilt ring setting with gold patches where stone is chipped) Eeus stands facing, thunderbolt in raised right hand, eagle beside right foot. Cameo composition inspired by Roman copies of IVth century Greek statuary. |
| Height | 3.1 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1019 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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