Gold ring with carnelian intaglio depicting Minerva

An image of Jewellery. Ring. Intaglio seal. Unknown maker, probably English. Red carnelian intaglio depicting standing figure of Minerva, wearing plumed helmet and chiton, leaning on a spear and carrying her shield on her arm, head turned towards the left, owl on a low altar beside her. Pearled border and ground line. The device also appears on the reverse of a medallic portrait of Gustavus III of Sweden. Gold with pointed oval bezel, beaded border and closed back; square hoop expanding at the shoulders, ornamented with bright cutting. Gold ring, red carnelian intaglio, height, intaglio, 22 mm, width, intaglio, 14 mm, circa 1700-1800.

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Jewellery. Ring. Intaglio seal. Unknown maker, probably English. Red carnelian intaglio depicting standing figure of Minerva, wearing plumed helmet and chiton, leaning on a spear and carrying her shield on her arm, head turned towards the left, owl on a low altar beside her. Pearled border and ground line. The device also appears on the reverse of a medallic portrait of Gustavus III of Sweden. Gold with pointed oval bezel, beaded border and closed back; square hoop expanding at the shoulders, ornamented with bright cutting. Gold ring, red carnelian intaglio, height, intaglio, 22 mm, width, intaglio, 14 mm, circa 1700-1800.

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Accession Number: PER.M.91-1923
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 450.03kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2017:11:13 10:08:28

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18th Century bezel carnelian cornelian English finger ring goddess gods gold intaglio jewellery Minerva mythological mythology oval red ring seal seal ring seal stone

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