Ring
1800-69 (made)
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This ring forms part of a collection of 154 gems and 41 cameos and engraved stones bequeathed to the V&A by the Reverend Chauncy Hare Townshend, a cleric and poet. Sir A. H. Church who compiled the first catalogue Precious Stones: A Guide to the Townshend Collection (1883) gave additional specimens in 1913. The stones are mounted as rings, perhaps as a means of display and safekeeping rather than to be worn.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pink tourmaline set in gold |
| Brief description | Pink tourmaline mounted in a gold ring |
| Physical description | Tourmaline mounted in a gold ring |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir A. H. Church |
| Object history | The V&A owns an important collection of 154 gems bequeathed by the Reverend Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798-1868), cleric and poet. Additional specimens, including this one, were given in 1913 by Sir A H Church, who compiled the first catalogue Precious Stones: A Guide to the Townshend Collection, first edition, 1883. The stones are mounted as rings, although they may not necessarily have been intended to be worn. |
| Summary | This ring forms part of a collection of 154 gems and 41 cameos and engraved stones bequeathed to the V&A by the Reverend Chauncy Hare Townshend, a cleric and poet. Sir A. H. Church who compiled the first catalogue Precious Stones: A Guide to the Townshend Collection (1883) gave additional specimens in 1913. The stones are mounted as rings, perhaps as a means of display and safekeeping rather than to be worn. |
| Bibliographic reference | Clare Phillips, Jewels and Jewellery, V&A Publications 2000.
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| Accession number | M.3-1913 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2006 |
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