Gem

Ring

29-128-2408

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2408
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1850-1904
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Vermeule: Light Sard. Cameo. (Modern Gold ring setting) Facing head of Medusa. Two snake-like locks beneath her chin. Style of gem suggests work of the latter part of the last century. Modern. 19th century.

Height 2.3 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2408 - Sommerville Gem Number

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