Gem
Ring
29-128-2427
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2427 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Saint Paul? |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Draped bust of an elderly man with long beard facing to right. The features are very like those used from early Christian times onwards to represent St. Paul. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2427 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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