Gem

Ring

29-128-2520

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2520
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Hephaestus? | Odysseus?
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bearded, draped bust of an elderly man facing to right. His cap identifies him as Haephaestos or perhaps Odysseus. Late 18th or 19th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2520 - Sommerville Gem Number

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