Gem

Ring

29-128-990

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-990
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Mask | Gorgon
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. A Gorgon mask. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) A theatrical mask facing, mouth hollowed, eyes hollowed and inlaid. 19th century.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 990 - Sommerville Gem Number

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