Papillon
Ring
2014 (made)
2014 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
This butterfly ring, from Beyoncé's personal collection, is by the London jeweller G (Glenn Spiro). A superb example of naturalism in contemporary fine jewellery, its shimmering wings are encrusted with vivid green tsavorites and edged with diamonds. The delicacy of the titanium setting is glimpsed in flashes of blue between the gemstones. An ingenious diamond-set band extends above the knuckle and connects to hinges that allow the wings to flutter – an apparently magical movement controlled by the gentle flexing of the wearer’s ring finger.
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| Object type | |
| Title | Papillon (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Tsavorites and diamonds set in titanium and white gold |
| Brief description | Articulated ring in the form of a butterfly, tsavorites and diamonds set in titanium and white gold, by G (Glenn Spiro), 2014 |
| Physical description | A pair of blue titanium wings, each in two sections, set with tsavorites and diamonds. The wings are joined by a hinge underneath the insect's diamond-set, white gold body. The band is an intricate, curving, hinged structure of white gold set with diamonds, which enables the wings to move as the wearer's finger bends. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (PL in a star / G in a circle / Au 750 / Titane) |
| Credit line | Given by the Knowles-Carter family |
| Summary | This butterfly ring, from Beyoncé's personal collection, is by the London jeweller G (Glenn Spiro). A superb example of naturalism in contemporary fine jewellery, its shimmering wings are encrusted with vivid green tsavorites and edged with diamonds. The delicacy of the titanium setting is glimpsed in flashes of blue between the gemstones. An ingenious diamond-set band extends above the knuckle and connects to hinges that allow the wings to flutter – an apparently magical movement controlled by the gentle flexing of the wearer’s ring finger. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.1-2018 |
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| Record created | January 11, 2018 |
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