Ring
ca.1790 (made)
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Gold ring, with an octagonal bezel with an antique burnt sard intaglio of the heads of a horse and a lion-gryphon (or goat?) addorsed, with ridged sides
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold with an antique burnt sard intaglio |
| Brief description | Gold ring, with an octagonal bezel with an antique burnt sard intaglio of the heads of a horse and a lion-gryphon, England, ca.1790 |
| Physical description | Gold ring, with an octagonal bezel with an antique burnt sard intaglio of the heads of a horse and a lion-gryphon (or goat?) addorsed, with ridged sides |
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| Credit line | Southesk Collection |
| Object history | The gem Gnostic(?), said to have been mounted with M.42-1980 for the writer and antiquary William Beckford (1760-1844), but a similar deep octagonal bezel is to be seen on a mount in the Townshend Collection |
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| Bibliographic reference | Heneage, Thomas. 'Beckford's Collection of Engraved Gems: Evidence and Hearsay'. In: The Beckford Journal, vol. 22 (2022), pp. 20-40. |
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| Accession number | M.41-1980 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2005 |
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