Gem

Ring

29-128-992

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-992
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Chloris
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Chloris, a floral divinity. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case KKK.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Flower wreathed female bust to right, identified by Somerville as "Chloris, a floral divinity." 19th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 992 - Sommerville Gem Number

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