Gem

Ring

29-128-220

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-220
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Metal
Technique Cameo
Iconography Jupiter | Heracles?
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Jupiter. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. [modern base metal ring setting] Bust of a bearded Heracles to left, wearing lion skin onver his head. 18th century

Length 2.2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 220 - Sommerville Number

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