Ring
ca. 1810 (made)
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Intaglios are stones cut, like the stone for a signet ring, with the design carved into the stone. This ring, mounted with an intaglio cut with a representation of Victory, shows the taste for intaglios cut with classical subjects continuing into the nineteenth century. Victory appears as a winged figure driving a chariot.
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Materials and techniques | Gold mounted with rose-cut diamonds set in silver and carnelian intaglio set in gold |
Brief description | Gold ring with rose-cut diamonds set around a carnelian intaglio of Victory in a chariot. Western Europe, about 1810, the intaglio possibly Roman. |
Physical description | Gold hoop widening to an oval bezel of rose-cut diamonds set in silver around a carnelian intaglio of Victory in a chariot set in gold. |
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Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein |
Production | The intaglio possibly Roman. |
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Summary | Intaglios are stones cut, like the stone for a signet ring, with the design carved into the stone. This ring, mounted with an intaglio cut with a representation of Victory, shows the taste for intaglios cut with classical subjects continuing into the nineteenth century. Victory appears as a winged figure driving a chariot. |
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Accession number | M.101-2007 |
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Record created | March 26, 2008 |
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