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Ring
- Place of origin:
Scandinavia (probably, made)
austria (possibly, made) - Date:
1700-1830 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver-gilt
- Museum number:
972-1871
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This ring was described as Tyrolese, from the early eighteenth century, when it was acquired by the Museum in 1871. Rings of this type, with a religious motif on the bezel and floral decoration on the shoulders, were used throughout the Catholic regions of Germany and Austria from the seventeenth century onwards. They were often souvenirs from the great pilgrimage centres of the Alpine region. However, some of the details of this ring, including the symmetrical sprigs of leaves on the shoulders and the stylised ring of roses round the half-figure of the Virgin and Child on the front, suggest that it may be Scandinavian.
