Gem

Ring

29-128-2403

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2403
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Virgin Mary?
Description

Vermeule: Green Agate. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Veiled draped bust of a woman to left. Probably intended for the Virgin Mary. Work seems to be of the XVII or earlier XVIII centuries.

Height 2.3 cm
Width 3.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2403 - Sommerville Gem Number

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