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Ring
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Ring
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
1975 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Burton, Michael (designer and maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver
- Museum number:
M.296-1975
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery, case 43, shelf B, box 1
Silversmith and jeweller Michael Burton (1949-2011) studied at the Yeovil Technical College and then at the Sir John Cass School of Art London. After leaving the Cass in 1973, he returned to Somerset and continued to make both jewellery and larger objects. His work is characterised by its fine carving and his interest in figurative subjects.
This ring, a square hoop ornamented with a finely detailed three-storey house, was first shown at the Loot Exhibition at Goldsmiths Hall and subsequently acquired by the V&A. Michael Burton explored the idea of using a three-dimensional house on other rings and on larger objects such as a tea-set in which the teapot is covered with a number of miniature buildings.
