Ring
1800-1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This ring was described as seventeenth-century Russian when it was acquired by the Museum, with a group of other Russian jewellery, in 1866. It is unlikely to be that old. The shape is based on a design used in the Baltic States in the seventeenth century, but the technique, of a base metal first silver-plated and then gilded so that it appears to be made of silver-gilt, is one that was often used in Eastern Europe in the nineteenth century for jewellery worn with traditional costume.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver-plated and gilded copper set with mother of pearl |
| Brief description | Silver-plated and gilded copper ring with a raised lozenge-shaped bezel set with mother of pearl, Eastern Europe, 1800-1850. |
| Physical description | Copper ring, silver plated and then gilded, consisting of a band decorated with applied gallery wire, and a square raised bezel fastened at an angle to the band so that it looks like a lozenge. The top of the bezel is decorated with five cylindrical mounts containing beads and pieces of mother-of-pearl, alternating with four small pyramids of granules. The vertical edges of the bezel are decorated with rings of applied wire. |
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| Summary | This ring was described as seventeenth-century Russian when it was acquired by the Museum, with a group of other Russian jewellery, in 1866. It is unlikely to be that old. The shape is based on a design used in the Baltic States in the seventeenth century, but the technique, of a base metal first silver-plated and then gilded so that it appears to be made of silver-gilt, is one that was often used in Eastern Europe in the nineteenth century for jewellery worn with traditional costume. |
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| Accession number | 114-1866 |
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| Record created | November 1, 2005 |
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