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c. 1525-1575 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ring, gold, enamelled, set with a sapphire. The rectangular 4-petal bezel set with a table-cut sapphire, the shoulders with volutes. Traces of enamel on the bezel and the shoulders.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold; enamel; sapphire
Brief description
Enamelled gold ring with a table-cut sapphire in a 4-petal bezel setting, the shoulders with volutes, Western Europe, c. 1525-1575
Physical description
Ring, gold, enamelled, set with a sapphire. The rectangular 4-petal bezel set with a table-cut sapphire, the shoulders with volutes. Traces of enamel on the bezel and the shoulders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.4cm
  • Width: 2.2cm
  • Depth: 0.9cm
Bibliographic reference
Oman, Charles, Catalogue of Rings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1930, no. 284, pl. XIII
Collection
Accession number
201-1906

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Record createdNovember 22, 2005
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