Ring
ca. 1880 (made)
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Gold ring with an openwork foliate bezel set with an oval quartz, artificially coloured pink, flanked by two lions resting on the shoulders of a foliated hoop
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Materials and techniques | Gold set with cracked and stained pink quartz (firestone) |
Brief description | Gold ring set with an oval quartz, artificially coloured pink, flanked by two lions resting on the shoulders of a foliated hoop,possibly France, ca.1880. |
Physical description | Gold ring with an openwork foliate bezel set with an oval quartz, artificially coloured pink, flanked by two lions resting on the shoulders of a foliated hoop |
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Credit line | Given by Dame Joan Evans |
Object history | Acquired by Dame Joan Evans as a 19th century piece but after an addition had been removed from the bezel she suggested that it might date from the 17th century |
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Accession number | M.196-1975 |
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Record created | November 4, 2005 |
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