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On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Ring

1550-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Enamelled gold ring with a loxenge-shaped bezel on a cushion, the cusped setting with a faceted hog-back diamond, with volutes on the shoulders


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Enamelled gold with a faceted hog-back diamond
Brief description
Enamelled gold ring with a loxenge-shaped bezel on a cushion, the cusped setting with a faceted hog-back diamond, with volutes on the shoulders, Western Europe, 1550-1600.
Physical description
Enamelled gold ring with a loxenge-shaped bezel on a cushion, the cusped setting with a faceted hog-back diamond, with volutes on the shoulders
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5cm
  • Width: 2.1cm
  • Depth: 1.1cm
Gallery label
RING Enamelled gold. Hexagonal bezel set with a turquoise. Imbricated hoop. WEST EUROPEAN: 16th century. 955-1871 Waterton Collection This is the full text from Bury, 1982, Case 33, Board K, no.5(1982)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Bury, Shirley, Jewellery Gallery Summuray Catalogue (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982), p.203, Case 33, Board K, no.5.
Collection
Accession number
730-1904

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Record createdNovember 22, 2005
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