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Ring

Ring

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (possibly, made)
    France (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1780 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Enamelled gold ring set with a watercolour on ivory silhouette and on the back, a panel of woven hair under glass

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Dame Joan Evans

  • Museum number:

    M.174-1962

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91, case 12, shelf A, box 14

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This ring, which closely resembles contemporary mourning rings, is inscribed in French around the bezel, 'I cherish even her shadow'. Love and mourning rings could share the same language. A ring with a silhouette and plaited hair such as this could have been a romantic gift or a mourning ring.

Physical description

Enamelled gold ring, the oval bezel set with a silhouette of a woman with a locket of hair under the bezel. The border inscribed JE CHERIS JUSQU'A SON OMBRE. A French import mark from 1864 on the hoop.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (possibly, made)
France (possibly, made)

Date

ca. 1780 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Enamelled gold ring set with a watercolour on ivory silhouette and on the back, a panel of woven hair under glass

Marks and inscriptions

JE CHERIS JUSQU'A SON OMBRE 'I cherish even her shadow'
Mark

Dimensions

Height: 2.2 cm, Width: 2.1 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm

Descriptive line

Enamelled gold ring, the oval bezel set with a silhouette of a woman with a locket of hair under the bezel. The border inscribed JE CHERIS JUSQU'A SON OMBRE. A French import mark from 1864 on the hoop, France or England, ca. 1780.

Materials

Gold; Enamel; Glass; Ivory; Hair

Techniques

Watercolour

Subjects depicted

Women; Love; Silhouettes

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery

Collection code

MET

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