Gem

Ring

29-128-2305

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2305
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amethyst | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bird
Description

Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern Silver ring setting) A bird, resembling a wild turkey standing to right. Graeco-Roman, the stone quite curiously worked with a rough drill and the wheel.

Height 1 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2305 - Sommerville Gem Number

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