Gem
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-531 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Balkan |
| Provenience: | Sweden Stockholm |
| Period: | 19th Century |
| Date Made: | 1800-1880 |
| Early Date: | 1800 |
| Late Date: | 1880 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze Gold Alloy |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Horse Inscription |
| Height: | 1.1 cm |
| Width: | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 531 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Bronze, with gold alloy. The Sprig with Rose. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.
Vermeule: Ring: Bronze with gold alloy. Intaglio. A horse springing to left., with a rose beneath and another rose in the field above flanked by the letters I V; a wreath-like border surrounds the entire composition. Sommerville states "Bought of an Hungarian gypsy in an encampment near Carlberg, north of Stolkholm, Sweden." (See Carlberg Gypsies p 352). Possibly Graeco-Roman in a Balkan style; equally likely a 19th product based on ancient models.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 701, no. 531, pl. 44 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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