Gem

Ring

29-128-1863

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1863
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Priam?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Filleted bust of an older man to left. Features are those used in Renaissance and later times to represent Priam. 18th or 19th century.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1863 - Sommerville Gem Number

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