Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

RINGS.

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2279. RING with medallion of gold leaf inserted in thc bezel, on which is a head of Faustina
the elder to r., in low relief; hair in the usual style. Diarn. f in. Castellani,

1872. Ring rnuch corroded.

2280. RING with sard setting, on which is an intaglio design of a feniale
bust to 1., with hair knotted low down on the neck, perhaps an imperial
personage of the Augustan age ; has been gilt. Diarn. 1 in.

Fig. 54 = No. 2279.

2281. RING, bezel of, oval-shaped, with intaglio design of a po.rtrait-head to
1., beardless. Length f in. Presented by Rev. Greville Chester, 1888.

2282. RING with head of bearded man in relief lo r., on an oval piece of silver inserted in the

bezel. Diam. 1 in. Castellani, 1872.

2283. RING with vesica-shaped bezel, on which is an intaglio design of a bearded head to 1.
Diam. 1 in. Castellani, 1872.

2284. RING, bezel of, oval-shaped, with intaglio design of a female head to 1., thc hair carefully

arranged, with a curl in front of the ear and three long ones behind, falling from under a fillet;

drapery visible at the throat. Diarn. in. Pulsky Coll., 1868 (Sale Cat. 327).

2285. RING with crimson paste setting : head of an old woman (?), three-quarters to 1.
Diam. J in. Castellani, 1872.

2286. RING with vesica-shaped bezel, on which is an intaglio design of a gryllus, in the form
of a bird to 1., with the head of a bearded man. Diam. J in. Greece, 1874. Part of hooplost.

2287. RING with tragic mask on bezel ; eyes andmouth pierced. Diam. |in. Castellani, 1872.

2288. RING with comic mask on bezel; mouth open. Diam. -J in. Castellani, 1872.

2289. RING with intaglio design 011 the bezel, of an open left hand. Diam. J in. Castellani,
1872.

2290. RING in the forrn of a broad band, with yellow paste setting ; design of Pegasos to 1.
Diam. | in. Castellani, 1872.

2291. RING with intaglio design on bezel : lion running to 1. Diarn. 1 in. Castellani, 1872.

2292. RING, bezel of, vesica-shaped, with intaglio design of a lion to 1. devouring a dcer, which
it has seized from behind ; in the field, a branch. Length in. 1888.

2293. RING with oval bezel on which is an intaglio design of a goat to 1., gilt. Diam. J in.
Castellani, 1872. The hoop is grooved on either side of the bezel.

2294. RING with circular bezel, and intaglio design of a rabbit to 1., eating a large bunch of
grapes. Diam. 1 in. From Rome. Castellani, 1872. Cable-pattern on hoop.

2295. RING with blue paste setting : eagle’s head to 1., holding wreath and palm-braneh in
mouth. Diam. £ in. Frorn Rorne. Burgon Coll., 1842.

2296. RING with carnelian setting : crane moving to 1. Diam. \ in.

2297. RING with vesica-shaped bezel and intaglio design of a swan to 1., with r. leg raised.
Diarn. ■£ in. Castellani, 1872.

2298. RING with carnelian setting : two fishes placed in rcverse directions. Diarn. f iii.

2299. RING with circular bezel and paste (imitation sard) setting : design of a lyre, on one
corner of which is perched a bird with something in its mouth ; in the field, two uncertain
objects. Diam. 1 in.

2300. RING with dark blue paste setting : design of an amphora with cover and volutc-handles,
on a liig'h foot. Diam. -J in. Castellani, 1872.